AncientPages.com – On March 31, 1814, Tsar Alexander I of Russia, at the head of the Coalition Army, triumphantly marched into Paris, forcing Napoleon to abdicate a few days later. The Coalition armies, including Russian, Prussian, and Austrian, entered France earlier that year and, after several battles, reached Paris’s gates. By this time, Napoleon’s army […]
AncientPages.com – On 30 March 240 BC, the first recorded passage of Halley’s Comet was observed by Chinese astronomers in the Chinese chronicle ‘Records of the Grand Historian’ (or ‘Shiji’), which describes a comet that appeared in the east and moved north. It was the first verified record of Halley’s Comet, made in China. Reproduction of original
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – About 80 years ago, a mysterious bog body of an unknown man was discovered in Sweden. The corpse was labeled the Bocksten Man. The man met a brutal death. He had three stakes driven through his chest. Archaeologists and historians have tried to solve this 650-year-old murder mystery and reveal
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AncientPages.com – On March 28, 845, Paris was attacked by Vikings under the leadership of Ragnar Lodbrok, (nicknamed ‘Hairy Breeches’, referring to the animal-skin trousers that he wore. One of the most notorious of all the Viking heroes, Ragnar was not a simple pirate, but one of the first ‘sea-kings’; a Viking who gained power and
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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The First Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was founded by Cyrus the Great, one of the most outstanding figures in human history. Winged sphinx from the Palace of Darius in Susa, Louver Museum. Image credit: Jastrow (2005) – Public Domain By 546 BC, Cyrus the Great had decisively
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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The First Persian Empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was founded by Cyrus the Great, one of the most outstanding figures in human history. Winged sphinx from the Palace of Darius in Susa, Louver Museum. Image credit: Jastrow (2005) – Public Domain By 546 BC, Cyrus the Great had decisively
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AncientPages.com – Archaeologists at the University of York, leading a large international team, have revealed surprising new insights into why pottery production increased significantly at the end of the last Ice Age – with culture playing a bigger role than expected. Investigating the use and expansion of hunter-gatherer pottery in Japan, home to some of
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The legend of Prester John arose during the Crusades, when European Christians hoped to regain the Holy Land (Palestine) from the Muslims. Preste” as the Emperor of Ethiopia, enthroned on a map of East Africa in an atlas prepared by the Portuguese for Queen Mary, 1558. (British Library) Prester John
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The legend of Prester John arose during the Crusades, when European Christians hoped to regain the Holy Land (Palestine) from the Muslims. Prester John was said to be a wealthy Christian king and priest with a kingdom located somewhere outside of the Western European realm. With limited access to proper
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Hnefatafl or tafl was an ancient Viking board game that became very popular in medieval Scandinavia. The Vikings played board games as early as 400 A.D. Hnefatafl was a war strategy game. Viking chess hnefatafl on a carved board made of dark wood. Credit: Olga Makukha – Adobe Stock The name means
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