MessageToEagle.com – Hnefatafl or tafl was an ancient Viking board game that became very popular in medieval Scandinavia. The board game was played by the Vikings as early as 400
MessageToEagle.com – Stone of Destiny is more popularly known as the Stone of Scone. It is an enigmatic block of sandstone, which was used for centuries in the coronation
MessageToEagle.com – Remnants of a medieval village and a collection of mediaeval coins believed to date from the 10th or 11th Century, have been uncovered by archaeologists, due to
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
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Orkney Islands are situated between the North Sea to the east and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to the Norse settlement of the islands,
MessageToEagle.com – During renovations of the Aberdeen Art Gallery, archaeologists have discovered a graveyard connected with the thirteenth-century Dominican friary of the Black Friars, being within the mediaeval heart
MessageToEagle.com – Located at the National Museum of Scotland, the mysterious Ballachulish figure is a roughly life-sized figure of a female carved from a single piece of alder, with
MessageToEagle.com – Not much is known about the mysterious Picts and yet, they played a vital role in the history of Scotland. These brave and determined people repelled the
MessageToEagle.com – The stone, a solid pink granite boulder, measures 0.5 x 1.68 x 0.36m and weighs c.670kg. It was incised with odd carvings on two adjoining faces by the Picts
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
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists digging in Newhaven, a historic fishing village in Scotland, discovered poorly preserved human bones dated to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The team was looking for
MessageToEagle.com – The Govan Stones, one of the best collections of early medieval sculpture anywhere in the British Isles, are preserved at Govan Old Parish Church, Glasgow, Scotland. They represent
MessageToEagle.com – Gilmerton Cove is a network of secret underground tunnels, numerous passages, caves and seven chambers hand-carved from sandstone. It’s located beneath the streets of Gilmerton, an ex-mining
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – On the beautiful Isle of Lewis in Scotland a number of mysterious figures that today are known as the Uig Chessmen, were discovered over
MessageToEagle.com – A team led by the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands discovered what is believed to be a Bronze Age settlement at Tresness,
MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have discovered hundreds of giant footprints and handprints made by plant-eating sauropods. This fascinating discovery can help shed light on some of the biggest animals ever to
MessageToEagle.com – Whenever mummies are mentioned, our imaginations stray to the dusty tombs and gilded relics of ancient Egyptian burial sites. With their eerily lifelike repose, the preserved bodies
MessageToEagle.com – Academics at Aberdeen University have been working to fill the “blank space” of Viking activity in Aberdeenshire and Moray, with written history barely touching on the area
MessageToEagle.com – A two-year meticulous investigation into the mystery of an Edinburgh crypt has finally cast important new light on the turbulent and little-known history of the Dark
MessageToEagle.com – Nearly 50 people living in a cave and living off passing travelers by robbing, killing, butchering and eating them. The legend of Alexander Sawney Bean, and
MessageToEagle.com – These strange artifacts are symmetrical in design and very skillfully manufactured and of an unknown origin. In form they appear to be quite modern, but they are
MessageToEagle.com – Across the Europe there are thousands of underground tunnels from the north in Scotland leading all the way down to the Mediterranean. This 12,000-year-old massive underground network
MessageToEagle.com – Remarkably similar carvings and simple cross sculptures mark special sites or places once sacred, spanning a zone stretching from the Irish and Scottish coasts to Iceland.
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Is it possible that death rays were used in ancient times? Can we find any traces that could offer evidence our ancestors were
