MessageToEagle.com – Who were the Barbarians? The term “Barbarians” is today greatly misused. In modern times we often say Barbarians are uncivilized people or evil people. However, the

MessageToEagle.com – Scientists with NASA’s New Horizons mission have assembled this highest-resolution color view of one of two potential cryovolcanoes spotted on the surface of Pluto by the New

MessageToEagle.com – Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s past is still surrounded by a number of unsolved mysteries and controversies. His birth and death remains a great puzzle until this day.

Question: Why is the sky blue? Answer: The color of our sky is no longer a scientific puzzle. Today we know that the blue color is formed by

MessageToEagle.com – Unlike other catacombs discovered in various parts of the world, the Znojmo catacombs served different purposes and not only for  the storage of human corpses. Located under

MessageToEagle.com – Jarlshof is the ancient settlement located in the vicinity of Sumburgh Head, at the southern tip of the Shetland Mainland in northern Scotland. It is one of

A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – “Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers,” says the Bible book of Proverbs 22:28. Boundary markers for property are a very

Question: When was chocolate invented? Answer: The word chocolate was actually derived from the Aztec language known as Nahuatl. Chocolate is something ancient people enjoyed just as much

MessageToEagle.com – Astronomers have recently discovered a far-off galaxy W2246-0526, 12.4 billion light-years from Earth, which is the most luminous galaxy known, according to research published in 2015, based on

MessageToEagle.com – Mysterious paintings in France’s Chauvet Caves – one of the world’s most famous caves – are believed to depict the oldest-known depiction of a volcanic eruption. The paintings

MessageToEagle.com – A long list with names of Medieval killers has been uncovered by restorers working in a Russian church, shedding new light on the murder of Andrey

MessageToEagle.com – Columbia librarians have digitized an important anatomical flap book, which is an early attempt to present the three dimensionality of the human body in the two dimensional

Question: Where is the world’s longest underground river? Answer:  The world’s longest underground river flows deep beneath the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. The Sac Actun (“White Cave”) river system in the

Question: When was the yo-yo invented? Answer: The world has Pedro Flores to thank for the birth of the modern yo-yo. In 1928, Pedro Flores started a business

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – There is a beautiful Chinese legend telling the story of the Candle Dragon. It represents one of the most ancient and traditional Chinese

Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Ancient Egyptians did not differ much from us when it comes to enjoying playing with toys and games.  Board games were very common

MessageToEagle.com – Sulawesi is the largest and oldest island within Wallacea, a vast zone of oceanic islands separating continental Asia from the Pleistocene landmass of Australia and Papua (Sahul).

MessageToEagle.com – What was a merkhet? A merkhet was an ancient Egyptian timekeeping instrument used for telling time at night. This star clock was extremely accurate and could

MessageToEagle.com – About 13 billion years ago, the universe began to heat up and it was so hot and dense that matter was ionized instead of being in a

MessageToEagle.com – New analysis of satellite data by a team of scientists led by Durham University shows that the world’s largest canyon may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet.

MessageToEagle.com – An international team of archaeologists continues archaeological dig for a mysterious, ancient ‘White City’ hidden in jungle of La Mosquitia in Honduras’ northeast part. Discovered in 2012,

MessageToEagle.com – There are many majestic and beautiful cathedrals all across the world. What makes the Messina Cathedral unique is its beautiful automated astronomical clock tower. The Messina Cathedral

Question: What is the current Chinese calendar called? Answer: In ancient China there were many different calendars. The current Chinese calendar was defined by Emperor Wu of the

MessageToEagle.com – The Meroitic Empire is one of the civilizations of ancient Africa. It was reported by the Greek historian Herodotus as a rival to Greek (Ptolemaic) Egypt. The

MessageToEagle.com –  An ancient pit filled with severed human arms, hands and fingers has been unearthed in France. The nearly 6,000-year-old pit was found near the village of