A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Already three centuries ago (in 1726), John Toland wrote that brochs or the so-called ‘Pictish Towers’ “are apt all over Scotland to make everything
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – An ancient myth says that at the beginning of time, there was a legendary king of the Picts, Cruithne (from the Gaelic word: ‘An Cruithain’ (Pict)
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – A remarkable collection of religious items from diverse lands was unearthed during archaeological excavations on the Swedish island of Helgö in 1954. Located
A. Sutherland- AncientPages.com – The “Dwarfie Stane” is a remarkable ancient and massive piece of red sandstone. This 5,000-year-old block is surrounded by mystery, which has not been solved
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Standing on a spectacular hilltop in Glen Nevis, to the west of Ben Nevis we find Dun Deardail, a mysterious, ancient vitrified Scottish fort. Why
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – On October 31, many of us celebrate Halloween, a tradition that is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. It
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – It is said that prehistoric Skara Brae, which is older than Stonehenge and Great Pyramids of Egypt, was home to very “little people”. Legends of
MessageToEagle.com – Currently, the most common view is that dinosaurs first emerged around 237 million years ago on the ancient continent known as Gondwana. A new controversial theory has
MessageToEagle.com – Using 3D scanning technology, a team of experts and amateur archaeologists will study and create a new digital database of mysterious rock carvings left millennia ago by
MessageToEagle.com – A Neolithic standing farmhouse – believed to be one of the oldest in northern Europe – is located on one of Orkney’s smaller isles, Papa Westray, remote
MessageToEagle.com – On February 26, 1935 Watson-Watt and his assistant Arnold Wilkins demonstrated a basic radar system to an observer from the Air Ministry Committee the Detection of Aircraft.
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists in Angus, Scotland have reason to be excited. They have unearthed a 3,000-year-old spearhead embellished with gold. The artifact was used as a weapon and scientists
MessageToEagle.com – Ancient Viking funeral traditions and rituals were very complex. The Vikings had no religion but they had customs, practices and beliefs. As in many other ancient civilizations,
MessageToEagle.com – Celtic tradition describes the Fomorians as rather terrifying giant creatures, horribly deformed and often mistaken for demons. It is said that this race of ugly beings descended
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have found traces of the lost kingdom of Rheged from the Dark Ages. During excavations at the Trusty’s Hill Fort in Galloway, Scotland scientists were initially
MessageToEagle.com – The Inchbrayock stone, also known as the Samson stone is a remarkable and truly fascinating ancient artifact. Found in 1849, in the graveyard of St Braoch’s Church,
MessageToEagle.com – Located in a forest behind a church, Dunino Den is an ancient site in Scotland shrouded in mystery. It was once an important pre-Christian site and it
MessageToEagle.com – Have you ever heard of a Handsel Monday festival? Most people haven’t. It’s an old Scottish tradition celebrated on the first Monday in the New Year. After
MessageToEagle.com – On December 31, people in Scotland celebrate Hogmanay. It’s a very old tradition and the celebrations continue into the first couple of days of January. Many local
MessageToEagle.com – On December 24, 1165, William I, the second son of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon succeeded his brother Malcolm IV as King of Scotland. He
MessageToEagle.com – Robert the Bruce is a Scottish hero who is today remembered for fighting one of the most significant battles in English and Scottish history. Robert I, popularly
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Needless to say the first bathrooms were far from what we are used to in modern times, but the history of bathrooms is thousands
MessageToEagle.com – On December 8, 1542, Mary Queen of Scots was born. She represents one of history’s true enigmas. Historians know plenty about what she did and where
MessageToEagle.com – A large Viking treasure has been discovered in a 3,000-year-old grave in Sweden. The treasure was hidden sometime at the end of the Viking Age and consists
