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
AncientPages.com – Researchers have examined a relief, which was accidentally unearthed in the Elazig province, in eastern Anatolia, Turkey, almost a year ago. The relief dubbed “Harput Relief” is now dated back to 4,000 years ago, which meeans that the region’s history is also
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are many Biblical mysteries that we cannot explain, but they remain open to interpretation. In the Bible, there are interesting accounts of mysterious and very odd food items. Some of mentioned meals gave extraordinary
AncientPages.com – On March 22, 871, the Battle of Marton (or Meretun) was fought at a place recorded as Marton, possibly in Wiltshire or Dorset, England. Miniature of Æthelred of Wessex in a royal genealogy of the fourteenth century. Image
AncientPages.com – According to a centuries-old legend, a great treasure belonging to the leader of a Chinese peasants uprising was lying at the bottom of a river. This ancient tale of Zhang Xianzhong and his sunken treasure, dating back to
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Riding into battle, Odin was always accompanied by Sleipnir(or Sleipner), an amazing, eight-legged horse of supernatural strength. Odin also has other constant companions, namely two wolves: Geri (Greedy) and Freki (Ravenous), and two ravens, Munin (memory)
AncientPages.com – On March 21, 1916, Frank James Marshall (1877-1944) played 105 boards simultaneously during an exhibition held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It was a world record, and Marshall was the first master to play over
AncientPages.com – An ancient burial box, inscribed with the name of Jesus in Hebrew, was recently discovered in an old cavernous warehouse in Israel. Archaeologists in Israel say that ancient box is not necessarily related to Jesus Christ, because the name
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Using 3D scanning technology, a team of experts and amateur archaeologists will study and create a new digital database of mysterious rock carvings left millennia ago by inhabitants of Argyll, an ancient shire of western
