AncientPages.com – On February 28, 1838, Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaimed the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec). Nelson was born in Sorel (near Montreal) to William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire. He studied medicine in Montreal and later at Harvard University in Massachusetts. Robert Nelson – leader […]
AncientPages.com – The 2,700-year-old ceramic sculpture of a Cypriot goddess was discovered off the coast of the Bozburun, in the western province of Muğla’s Marmaris, Turkey. The sculpture is probably the biggest one in the history of Turkish underwater history. Researchers found only the lower half of the ceramic figure along with ceramic dinner plates and
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What happened to the 200 missing pages of the Aleppo Codex? Were the Biblical pages lost, deliberately destroyed, stolen or perhaps hidden somewhere? Many efforts have been made to locate the rest of this valuable ancient book, but so far, no-one has been able to solve the mystery of what really
AncientPages.com – On February 27, 1595, King Henry IV was crowned and recognized as King of France. Henry IV was born on December 13, 1553, in southwest France. He was the son of Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Vendome, and Jeanne d’Albret, Queen of Navarre. His mother declared Calvinism the religion of Navarre and brought
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – What happened to the 200 missing pages of the Aleppo Codex? Were the Biblical pages lost, deliberately destroyed, stolen or perhaps hidden somewhere? Many efforts have been made to locate the rest of this valuable ancient book, but so far, no-one has been able to solve the mystery of what really
AncientPages.com – On February 26, 1266, the battle was fought near Benevento (in present-day Southern Italy). The troops of Charles of Anjou and Manfred of Sicily were involved in the conflict. Manfred’s defeat and death ended the rule of the House of Staufen (of Hohenstaufen), a dynasty of German kings (1138–1254) in the Italian Peninsula. Battle
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AncientPages.com – Two inscription of great historical importance have been found in the Western Galilee town of Peqi’in in Israel. The 1,800-year-old inscriptions were found in in the courtyard of an ancient synagogue. Archaeologists and historians find the text highly significant because it tells about the lives of two Galilean sages. One of the sages was Rabbi
AncientPages.com – On February 25, 1336, Pilenai, a hill fort in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, was attacked by large Teutonic forces, who tried in vain to organize a defense against the more significant invader. Punia hill fort bears Margiris’ name and is the traditional location of Pilėnai. Image credit: Wojsyl –CC BY-SA 3.0 The location
AncientPages.com – Two rare funerary busts rescued from the destruction of by Isis group are soon heading back to Syria. Recovered by Syrian troops, but badly damaged possibly by hammer blows, the artifacts have been painstakingly repaired in Italy. The busts – perhaps the only works of art taken from the Syrian conflict zone that were
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AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Egypt are busy with restoration of a statue of the celebrated 19th dynasty pharaoh, Ramesses II. Colossus of Ramesses II (Ramsess II) once decorated the façade of the first pylon of the Karnak Temple Complex. The statue is carved in gray granite, weighs 65 tons and stands 10.8 meters tall. Ramesses II became
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