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AncientPages.com - On March 14, 1757, John Byng, an admiral of the Royal Navy, was executed by firing squad for neglect of duty. Byng was born on October
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Famous as the Lords of the Ocean, the Vikings had their homeland in the Nordic regions of Europe known today as Scandinavia. Many associate
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AncientPages.com - On March 13, 1567, the Battle of Oosterweel was fought and was traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years' War or Dutch War of
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AncientPages.com - On March 12, 1896, the first radiogram was sent by Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov. It traveled over 200 yards from one building of the St. Petersburg University to
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A subject that has long been debated is the appearance and disappearance of the mysterious Scythian tribes living in the southern steppes of
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AncientPages.com - An 8-meter quartzite colossus possibly depicting Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most powerful pharaohs, has been unearthed by German-Egyptian archaeological team. Excavations at the ancient archaeological
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AncientPages.com - On March 11, 1864, the Great Sheffield Flood occurred. The immediate cause was a crack in the dam, the cause of which was never determined. This
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AncientPages.com - The 3,400-year-old and rare Egyptian artifact was pieced together by a team of researchers at National Museums Scotland (NMS), who recently received some missing fragments of the
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AncientPages.com - A unique, full-length mummy shroud, which is over 2,000 years old, yet still in remarkable condition, has been discovered within National Museums Scotland’s collections. Researchers say that
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AncientPages.com - On March 10, 241 BC, the Carthaginian relieving fleet was defeated near the Aegates Islands off western Sicily, and the event is known as the Battle of the
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeological discoveries have provided us with plenty of evidence that the Neanderthals were not as primitive as we previously thought. Scientists have examined
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AncientPages.com - A body of an adult man buried in the 5th Millennium BC in Avignon, southern France has been recently studied by a team of researchers from Bordeaux
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AncientPages.com - A team of German archaeologists has discovered parts from 66 statues of the lion-headed Pharaonic goddess Sekhmet. The archaeologists unearthed the statues during excavations in the area
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AncientPages.com - Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence on March 9, 1451. He was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer. He played a prominent role in exploring
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - By studying ancient DNA we can get a good glimpse into the distant past and learn about our ancestors. Scientists have now examined
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AncientPages.com - On March 8, 1576, Diego García de Palacio explored the city of Copan. Palacio was a Spanish explorer sent to investigate new lands. Diego García de Palacio
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AncientPages.com - Rare ancient human footprints discovered on the Welsh coastline are 7,000 years old, say Cardiff University researchers. The ancient footprints of both children and adults, discovered at
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AncientPages.com - Two 1.82-meter-high statues have been found in the grotto in Shimenshan area in the Dazu Rock Carvings in Chongqing, China. Shimenshan Rock Carvings are located to the
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AncientPages.com - An underground cache of bronze wares has been unearthed from a tomb site dating back 2,300 years in the city of Chengdu, a large city located n Sichuan,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Arene Candide Cave have discovered evidence humans may have ritualistically "killed" pebbles to remove their symbolic power about 12,000 years
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AncientPages.com - On March 7, 321 AD., Emperor Constantine (ruled 306 – 337 AD) passed his famous national Sunday law. It was 'dies Solis'—the day of the sun,
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AncientPages.com - Using a combination of radiocarbon dating and ancient DNA, researchers show that a maternal dynasty ruled Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, for more than 300
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AncientPages.com - Two partial archaic human skulls, from the Lingjing site, Xuchang, central China, provide a new window into the biology and populations patterns of the immediate predecessors of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a table-like structure, dating back about 4,000 years in the Galilee Hills, Israel. A huge Bronze Age dolmen is
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AncientPages.com - Ferdinand Magellan landed in Guam on March 6, 1521, during his fateful trip worldwide. It was the first contact Europeans made with the islands and an
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AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered16 engraved limestone blocks, created 38,000 years ago, during an expedition in France's Vézère Valley, Vézère Valley was used as a shelter by the Aurignacian
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AncientPages.com - A team of international archaeologists has just begun exploring a mysterious ancient staircase in the Phnom Kulen in Siem Reap province, near the Angkor World Heritage Site in
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AncientPages.com - On March 5, 1616, the Catholic Church banned Nicolaus Copernicus's book "On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres" (De revolutionibus orbium coelestium). Copernicus's conversation with God. Painting
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AncientPages.com - Excavation of the royal tombs of the Marquis of Haihun State of China's Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD) revealed many relics and among them, there is
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