Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – What can a Holy Emperor and a wizard have possibly in common? It may sound implausible that a magician tutored a Pope, but history
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Queen Nitocris of ancient Egypt’s Sixth Dynasty remains shrouded in mystery. Historians cannot agree whether Nitocris was a historical person or a mythical figure.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The historical narrative of the Celts does not revolve around a singular ethnic group but rather encompasses the collective histories of various tribes
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Philip Christoph Königsmarck, a Count from Sweden who lived from 1665 to 1694, was a man who had adversaries. Looking back at history, it
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Should you eat the food using five or three fingers? You should use a fork. At the beginning, a fork did not gain many
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Did ancient Romans invent unbreakable glass? If they did, their secrets would be long lost because the Roman Emperor Tiberius beheaded the inventor of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – A place must not be of great size to have a long and rich history. Munkholmen is certainly proof of that. Located in the Trondheim
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Some admired and called him a hero, but some said he was a brutal bandit and cold-blooded murderer. His charisma, extraordinary leadership skills, and
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Multiple burials of possible women warriors have been unearthed in sites associated with the Scythians, Sauromatians (a tribe nation ruled by women), and Sarmatians. These
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – An ancient myth says that at the beginning of time, there was a legendary king of the Picts, Cruithne (from the Gaelic word: ‘An Cruithain’ (Pict)
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Wilhelm I Conqueror, also known as “William the Bastard” (ca. 1028 -1087), was King of England and Duke of Normandy. William the Conqueror
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Celtiberians -tribes of mixed Iberian and Celtic origin – inhabited an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries BC. Credit: Adobe
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Zhang Heng (A.D. 78 – 139) was one of the world’s first scientists to propose that the universe is infinite in space and
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Pax Romana (“Roman Peace”) was a political slogan of great importance. It was introduced after the civil wars but not immediately after the Battle
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Norse legends tell the legendary Ynglings were descendants of the Norse gods and the oldest known Scandinavian King dynasty. In ancient times, they
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Lycurgus is mentioned in many ancient sources, but most modern historians refer to him as a semi-mythical individual. Some scholars say Lycurgus was
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Described in numerous literary works, movies, public monuments, and other memorials, Decebalus is considered a national hero in Romania. At the beginning of
Zteve T Evans – AncientPages.com – The Brujo de Chiloé, or the Warlocks of Chiloé, were a secretive coven of male witches allegedly involved in witchcraft and crime
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – During the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BC, Egyptian artisans who worked on the royal tombs
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Stele of Tell al-Rimah dated to 796 BC, is a stone stela from the reign of the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III (810-783 BC)
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – One of the most important and interesting people mentioned in the Bible is King Saul, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In ancient Egypt, there was no public school system. In consequence, the average Egyptian could neither read nor write. It is estimated that
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Beautiful Venice in Italy is today recognized as one of the most charming cities in the world, and its ancient history is just
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Many legendary weapons have been described in ancient documents and books. Some were authentic weapons, and others gained a mythical status that inspired
