Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Using a combination of a Biblical text and an ancient Egyptian text, scientists have been able to pinpoint the date when the world’s oldest solar eclipse took place. The event, which occurred on 30 October 1207 BC, is mentioned in the Bible and could have consequences for the chronology of […]
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AncientPages.com – On 30 October 1485, Henry VII’s coronation was held in Westminster Abbey, and he became the first Tudor monarch. The date of 30 October was chosen in part because he wished to be crowned king before the next sitting of Parliament, which took place on 7 November. Portrait of Henry VII of England (dated
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – If we assume that men of giant stature once walked on this planet, then we should find some of their skeletons. There are those who say skeletons of very large size have been found, but they were later hidden. Whatever the truth may be, the fact remains that there are accounts
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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The history of the number zero goes very far back in time, but no-one knows with certainty when and where people started to use the number. There is evidence of counting that stretches back five millennia in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia. The concept of zero, initially banned as heresy, was
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AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have a made a sensational find that could re-write our ancient history. A huge cuneiform archive consisting of 93 ancient clay tablets was unearthed on in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. What the tablets record remains a mystery for the time being, but once they are deciphered we can get a much
AncientPages.com – An astrolabe was not only a very a beautiful ancient object. It was also a sophisticated very old astronomical computer especially created for solving problems relating to time and the position of the Sun and stars in the sky. It could be used as a navigation tool or to find out how the sky
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AncientPages.com – Archaeologists are investigating how and why so many people in ancient Rome died of lead poisoning. Some have suggested lead poisoning led to the fall of the Roman Empire through its ubiquitous use in aqueducts, water pipes, household implements, and medicine, but it is really true or simple exaggerations? Ancient documents and artifacts shed
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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Scientists are confronted with an intriguing Medieval puzzle. It’s the first time ever such sculptures have been found in India, but who made them and why? Image credit: Scfhu.ru While excavating in the Himalayas on the border of India and Pakistan, archaeologists discovered two ritual complexes. As many as 200
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are many intriguing time travel stories. One of the most puzzling accounts deals with a very brilliant but eccentric British inventor who some thinks designed a real time machine based on secret ancient Egyptian knowledge as well as an invisible shell. The time machine is allegedly sealed in a granite
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AncientPages.com – Scientists confirm that the age and content of an old sack is in accordance with a medieval myth about Saint Francis of Assisi. Some small fragments of textile closely related to a certain myth has been stored and guarded by the Friary of Folloni near Montella in Italy for more than 700 years. The legend say the
