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 – On April 27, 1124, following the death of his brother Alexander, David I (Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim) made himself king of Scotland with the backing of Henry

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 – On April 26, 1900, seismologist Charles Richter was born near Hamilton, Ohio, USA. He graduated from the University of Southern California and then enrolled in graduate school

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

MessageToEagle.com – The story started many years ago, back in October 1839, when a group of gravediggers discovered an ancient coffin containing human hair. Many years later, in 2000 a

MessageToEagle.com – Nero (37-68 A.D) was one of ancient Rome’s famous, or rather infamous emperors. Nero was a tyrant and he is today best known for his debaucheries,

MessageToEagle.com – On April 25, 1507, Martin Waldseemüller (ca. 1470-ca. 1518), was the first to suggest that the newly discovered landmass in the New World should be called America.

MessageToEagle.com – Thousands of Thamudic petroglyphs are scattered all over the area of the Wadi Rum, just south of the famous rose-red city of Petra, in the southern part

MessageToEagle.com – The first mention of the Yuezhi civilization can be found in ancient Chinese sources from the 2nd century B.C. They are describes as nomadic people living in

MessageToEagle.com – An anonymous Byzantine Greek lexicon dated to the 10th century is known as “Suda” (from the Byzantine Greek word souda, meaning “fortress” or “stronghold.” The Suda is

MessageToEagle.com – There are many stories about the famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok. He was not an ordinary pirate, but a legendary and fearless Sea-King who became one of the

MessageToEagle.com – On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Earth, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the Hubble Space Telescope. The following day, Hubble was released into

MessageToEagle.com – Many ancient monuments have been rescued from rising waters of powerful Nile river. One of them is rock cut ‘Tomb of Pennut’, which is located in Aniba,

MessageToEagle.com – It is an alleged treaty established around 449 BC between Athens and Persia. It is believed the treaty, ended the Greco-Persian Wars. The peace was agreed as

MessageToEagle.com – The Friouato Caves stretch for kilometers underground, with the deepest cavern being 150 feet deep. Located near the town of Taza, Morrocco, it is the largest cave system in

MessageToEagle.com – The ancient kingdom of Chu flourished in China between around 1030 – 223 B.C. According to legends the royal family of Chu descended from the Yellow Emperor.

MessageToEagle.com – An image of an enormous bubble being blown into space by a super-hot, massive star marks the 26th anniversary of the launch of Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope

MessageToEagle.com – Most probably, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare, was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon. In fact, very little is known about his life and