A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In 2334 BC, Sargon became the first emperor in the history of the world. Most probably, his great Akkadian kingdom was not a
Ellen Lloyd- AncientPages.com – Mystery and rumors still surround Feodor Kuzmich who in 1836 suddenly entered the Siberian town of Krasnoufimsk, in Perm province riding on a white
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Teuta was the regent of the kingdom of Ardiaei, an Illyrian tribe that dedicated themselves to sea-born piracy of the Adriatic trade roads.
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – The Vatican has announced its wartime archive will now be opened. Historians will be able to study and uncover previously hidden details about
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – When Gonzalo Guerrero was a small boy, he dreamed about visiting foreign lands and meeting exotic people. He had heard about Christopher Columbus’
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – After a four-month-long voyage, the Scottish botanist Robert Fortune finally reached Shanghai, China. It’s a hot September day in 1848 but he had
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – It’s strange that Khafre, the son of Pharaoh Khufu and the builder of the second of the three Pyramids of Giza, is somehow
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Lusatian culture dates back to the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age (14th-4th century BC), occupying the broadest range of central Europe.
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Ancient people often believed that dreams or omens could foretell the future. Such signs were regarded as messages from the gods and they
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – History shows there are no limits in the world of entertainment. Since people seem interested in a variety of things it’s possible to
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The seventh and the last king of Rome was Tarquin the Proud, who reigned between 535 BC–509 BC. Tarquin – a tyrant noted
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Assyriologists have identified around twenty central provinces, and much we know today about Sumer originates from archives related to the sites of Girsu(Tello), Umma,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Most scholars agree the ancient Sumerians were the earliest developed civilization in our recorded history. Mesopotamia is therefore often characterized as the cradle
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – After many successful campaigns in the region of the Levant (of today’s Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine), Nebuchadnezzar suffered a heavy defeat
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Life for the Lemko people has never been easy. Being a small but distinctive minority, they have been under pressure from many European
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Following the assassination of Domitian of the Flavian Dynasty (81–96) on September 18, 96, a new Emperor appeared on the same day. Domitian
MessageToEagle.com – By many measures, Nicolas Bourbaki ranks among the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century. Bourbaki Congress of 1938. Credit: Public Domain Largely unknown today, Bourbaki is likely
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Jan Hus (1372 – 1415) was a controversial Czech thinker and reformer who took part in the Roman Catholic Council of Constance (1414–18).
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Being small-sized does occasionally have advantages, especially if you are a Ninja who has been sent on a deadly mission. Sometimes referred to
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Bread has been known for millennia though its true history from the beginning is lost in time. It is the basic food of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Francis Walsingham was an English politician and most trusted adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603). He served her faithfully for about 30 years,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Sword of Saint Wenceslas, also known as the Coronation Sword of Bohemia, has its beginnings in the Kingdom of Bohemia, and it tells
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In his great work “Histories”, Herodotus mentions an interesting historical event that took place in 529 BC. In that year, Cyrus the Great
