A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Caesarion was murdered on August 23, 30 BC only 17 years old. He was the last King of the Egyptian Ptolemies, most probably
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Lugalzagesi, who reigned c. 2341 BC – 2316 BC and lived in the mid-fourteenth century BC, was a Sumerian king who came to
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One autumn morning in 1578, the watchmen who scanned the Pacific Ocean from the top of the fortifications of a major city and
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 – 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
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 – 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 – 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 – Much of what we know about Queen Teuta comes from ancient Roman sources. Teuta is a historical figure sometimes described as an “ancient
MessageToEagle.com – You’ve seen him alright. A slightly funny looking man dresses in red, white and blue. He wears a stars-and-stripes suit, top hat and he looks straight at
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – There are many ancient heroes in almost all cultures around the world. Most of them are men but there are also female heroes still
Thalia Lightbringer – MessageToEagle.com – Nefertiti, the most powerful woman of her time, is now a symbol of ancient Egypt. What do we know about her life? Why did
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Akhenaten is one of the most famous rulers in the Land of Pharaohs and he still remains a unique and controversial figure in
A. Sutherlad – MessageToEagle.com – Hatshepsut, whose name means “Foremost of Noble Ladies”, is a notable name in history. She lived almost three and a half thousand years ago
MessageToEagle.com – February 14 is the day marked for lovers in many countries around the world, but in Wales there is another date traditionally associated with romance: St Dwynwen’s
MessageToEagle.com – Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) is one of the world’s most famous astronomers. He defended Copernicus’s sun-centered universe and discovered that planets move in ellipses. Born in Weil der
