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. Ragnar, one of the most notorious Viking heroes, was not a simple pirate but one
AncientPages.com – The brutal crime was solved on March 27, 1905, using the newly developed fingerprinting technique. Fingerprint evidence from the cash box of a murder scene in South London, England, led to the killer’s arrest. A court artists drawing
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Modern city Abu Shahrain holds traces of one of the earliest and most sacred cities of the Sumerians – Eridu (E.RI.DU – ‘Home in the Faraway Built’). According to legend, it was the first city ever
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Native Americans have wonderful legends of a powerful and magnificent Thunderbird that the Gods sent to protect humans from evil. When this huge, eagle-like bird soared through the skies, one could hear its mighty wings
AncientPages.com – The first battle of Gaza took place on 26 March 1917. The main Turkish defensive position in southern Palestine centered on the city of Gaza. Officers of the regiment that successfully defended Gaza during the first battle. (on the background
AncientPages.com – During underwater excavations near the Ak-Burun Cape, a place related to the Crimean bridge construction site, divers discovered a part of a unique, ancient Greek terra-cotta statue, informed TASS, the Russian News Agency. Archaeologists believe the discovery is a
AncientPages.com – On March 25, 1655, a Dutch amateur astronomer, Christiaan Huygens, discovered Saturn’s satellite Titan, named for its grand size (half that of the Earth’s) and thought to be the largest moon in our solar system thanks to its
AncientPages.com – A unique statue, possibly of Queen Tiye, the wife of King Amenhotep III and grandmother of King Tutankhamun, has been unearthed at her husband’s funerary temple in Kom El-Hittan on Luxor’s west bank. The discovery of the statue, which
AncientPages.com – The largest capstone ever found in the country has been excavated by archaeologists working at the burial site at Neremetta, Siddipet in the northern region of the Indian state of Telangana, in southern India. The capstone weighs 40 tons, is 6.70
AncientPages.com – A cache of nine bronze coins from the end of the Byzantine period (seventh century CE) was found during an archaeological dig carried out along an ancient highway to Jerusalem. The treasures, which have belonged to Christians, were found
AncientPages.com – On March 24, 1401, Turco-Mongol emperor Timur, known as Tamburlaine in English, sacked Syria’s ancient and civilized town, Damascus, the second city of the Mameluke Empire. Left: Timur -Turco-Mongol Conqueror. Source ; Right: A Timurid-era illustration of Timur. In the early months of
AncientPages.com – On March 23, 1568, the Edict of Longjumeau was signed. It ended the Second War of Religion (1567-68) and restored all the Huguenots’ rights (necessary religious privileges and freedoms). It granted the Huguenots the right to worship in
