A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Theodor Severin Kittelsen (1857-1914), a great Norwegian artist, is known as the “father” of all trolls. His inspiration came from folktales about wild
MessageToEagle.com – The roughly 8,000-year-old “hands” painted on a rock wall in the Sahara Desert aren’t human at all, as researchers originally thought, but are actually stencils of the
MessageToEagle.com – Mithradates VI Of Pontus (120-63 BCE), often referred to as the Poison King was a brilliant toxicologist. He was obsessed with poison and took small doses of
MessageToEagle.com – “Chac Mool” (chacmool) is one of the most famous ancient statues throughout Mexico and it has been seen in many important ancient places. ‘Chacmool’ literally means “red
MessageToEagle.com – The Vikings used a Runic calendar often written on parchment or carved onto staves of wood, bone, or horn. The year was divided into moon phases and the calendar reflected
MessageToEagle.com – Fingerprints have been a source of people’s great fascination and can be traced back to ancient times. Today, however, it is difficult to establish whether the fingerprints
MessageToEagle.com – Located in the in the Nevsehir province, Turkey, the impressive Kaymakli underground city consists of elaborate labyrinth of tunnels, caves and low, narrow passages. There are 36
MessageToEagle.com – Although gigantic chalk figures or geoglyphs are something of a modern phenomenon, there are examples that this tradition has been going on for more than 3,000 years.
MessageToEagle.com – The Nubian woman, whose middle-class tomb was discovered in Tombos, Sudan is now researched as an example of how two civilizations met, according to Stuart Tyson Smith, a
MessageToEagle.com – A large and impressive winery dating to the Roman or Byzantine period, some 1,600 years ago has been discovered at the site which served the residents of
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Very little is known about Pennard Castle, a ruined castle near the village of Pennard in the Gower Peninsula, in South Wales. The
MessageToEagle.com – Medieval people used a number of instruments to keep track of time. During the Middle Ages, a combination of water clocks, sun dials, and candle clocks
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeological discoveries reveal the Vikings filed their teeth for unknown reasons. Teeth filing was a very painful process. What is most intriguing is the
MessageToEagle.com – Both the Helvetia Tomb and the Griffins’ Tomb are located near the town of Shipka, part of Kazanluk municipality, in South-Eastern planing region of Bulgaria. They were discovered in
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have found the largest and best-preserved Bronze Age wheel at Must Farm, a Bronze Age site near Peterborough, England. The find – an amazing time capsule
MessageToEagle.com – The origin of the Hobbits has caused a lot of controversy among scientists. Were the Hobbits humans? Were they another species similar to humans or entirely different?
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – About 3000 years ago, a mysterious people called the Etruscans, settled in a region of Central Italy was known as Etruria. Despite that
MessageToEagle.com – A Hungarian historian is convinced that patches of fresco in a Transylvanian church ruin are a rare medieval copy of a legendary masterpiece by Italian maestro Giotto.
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – The Bayeux Tapestry is an impressive example of Romanesque art depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by William, duke of Normandy,
MessageToEagle.com – A 3,400 year old statue was recently uncovered by a 7-year-old boy while on a trip with friends to the Canaanite archaeological site of Tel Rehov, the Israel
MessageToEagle.com – Going out on the streets of ancient Rome after dark was a very dangerous thing. By the first century BC, the time of Julius Caesar, ancient
MessageToEagle.com – Strange ancient domed structures, commonly called “beehive tombs”, also known as Tholos tombs have been found in many places around the world. What is odd about these
MessageToEagle.com – To the Englishmen Sir William Wallace was an outlaw. To the Scots he was a brave freedom fighter, a legendary hero After winning a deceive battle and
MessageToEagle.com – In 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation to end the legality of coffeehouses. He not only banned coffeehouses, but also forbade people from selling
MessageToEagle.com – During excavations at the Early Mesolithic site at Star Carr in North Yorkshire, an 11,000 year old engraved, small fragile pendant was discovered by a research team
