MessageToEagle.com – On May 1, 1707, England and Scotland are united as the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Act of Union finally cemented what had been a growing interdependence
MessageToEagle.com – Lacrosse is considered to be America’s first sport. It’s a team game played between two teams using a small rubber ball. Lacrosse was originally known as stickball
MessageToEagle.com – Little is known about Forseti, the Norse god of justice. His name in means “Chairman” or “President” in Old Norse and he is mentioned only twice in
MessageToEagle.com – Dracula did in fact exist. However, he was not a bloodthirsty vampire but a Prince in Wallachia, a part in present-day southern Romania. His real name was
MessageToEagle.com – Walpurgis Night, a traditional holiday celebrated on April 30 in northern Europe and Scandinavia. In Sweden typical holiday activities include the singing of traditional spring folk songs
MessageToEagle.com – Vitrified forts are remnants of stony fortifications in which rock fragments or boulders have been melted and/or welded together by extreme heat. What exactly is behind the
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – First casino in America did not appear in Las Vegas, but in a cave in Utah. Archaeological discoveries reveal that our ancestors played
MessageToEagle.com – The ancient Bayanihan tradition of the Filipino people is a true sign of good ‘community spirit’ and shows Filipinos’ concept of helping one another most especially in
MessageToEagle.com – The Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297 is today remembered as a significant event in the history of Scotland. The battle was the First War of Scottish
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The empusa initially appears in the mythology of classical Greece as a frightening female monster. She is a demonic vampire without a shape of
MessageToEagle.com – A massive ancient treasure of 600Kg (1,300lb) Roman coins has been discovered in Spain. The bronze coins are estimated to be worth millions of Euros. The ancient coins
MessageToEagle.com – In early European times, most household wares like dishware, jars and barrels were made of dense, orange-colored, economical clay. People used to put their small savings in
MessageToEagle.com – In the beginning of the 15th century there was an uprising against the English that resulted in the first and only Welsh-speaking parliament. One man was particularly unhappy
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Paracelsus (1493 – 1541) – was a Swiss-German botanist, philosopher, astrologer, alchemist, and one of the most influential medical scientists in early modern
MessageToEagle.com – The first proto-newspaper appeared as early as 131 B.C. It was an ancient Roman daily gazette called Acta Diurna (Daily Acts sometimes translated as Daily Public Records).
MessageToEagle.com – Egyptian artifact, which probably belonged to very senior figure in Thirteenth Pharaonic dynasty in 18th century BCE was discovered at Tel Dor, an important ancient port located
MessageToEagle.com – The Vikings were accomplished navigators, artisans, traders and story tellers, but their greatest triumph was the ship they built. Draken Harald, the largest Viking ship built in
MessageToEagle.com – A six inch tall figurine dating from the first or second century, known as a ‘pseudo Venus’, was dug up by volunteer archaeologists in a garden in
MessageToEagle.com – A recent study suggests half of the Western European population descended from an unknown Bronze Age king who lived around 4,000 years ago. Although it remains
MessageToEagle.com – According to the Amarna Letters and the annals of Thutmose III, Byblos (‘Papyrus’ in Greek), was dependent and subservient to Egypt for hundreds of years. However, these
MessageToEagle.com – Amarna Letters also known as Amarna Tablets are mostly diplomatic letters (with a few myths and epics) dated to an interesting, historical period in ancient Egypt, related the
MessageToEagle.com – Zawisza Czarny (Zawisza the Black) of Garbów is the most famous Polish knight. He was born around 1370 and died in 1428. He was undefeated in multiple
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – The mysterious Jomsvikings were no ordinary Viking warriors. They were a fearless Scandinavian warrior-brotherhood. Each fighter must obey the 11 military rules set by
MessageToEagle.com – In 256 BC, during the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.) one of the greatest naval battles in history took place off the coast of Sicily, Italy. As
MessageToEagle.com – Biskupin is a 2700-year-old defensive settlement is located on a peninsula in Lake Biskupin, in north-west Poland. The discovery of Biskupinin in 1933 by a schoolteacher was
