AncientPages.com – Buhen was an ancient Egyptian settlement situated on the West bank of the Nile below the Second Cataract and between Lower and Upper Nubia and capital of Egyptian Nubia. The town Buhen is mainly associated with a massive fortress,
AncientPages.com – On March 20, 1916, Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) submitted his “Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity” for publication in the journal Annals of Physics’ (Annelen Der Physik), one of the oldest scientific journals on physics and
AncientPages.com – On March 19, 1697, Tsar Peter the Great left Moscow to travel to Western Europe. He was the first Tsar to leave his country in peacetime and ‘opened a window into Europe.’ Russia would never be the same on his return,
Thalia Lightbringer – AncientPages.com – Everyone knows about the Pyramids of Giza. Many are also aware of the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, and perhaps also the pyramids attributed to Sneferu (Bent, Red). However, there are many more scattered across
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Saraswati River is not a legend. It really existed when great civilizations flourished in the northwestern part of India. It has been richly described and celebrated in the Vedas and Puranic literature. Cities thrived on
AncientPages.com – On March 18 (or 19), 1314, Jacques de Molay, the last grandmaster of the Knights Templars, an order of knighthood founded during the Crusades, was burned at stake. Jacques de Molay, born in 1243, failed to exercise effective leadership when the suppression
AncientPages.com – The royal colossus unearthed a week ago in Matariya district, Cairo is probably a statue of 26 dynasty king Psammetich I and not King Ramses II as was earlier believed, reports Ahram Online. Preliminary analysis of fragments of the
AncientPages.com – On March 17, 1880, Captain Lawrence “Titus” Oates, an English cavalry officer with the 6th Dragoons and later an Antarctic explorer, was born in London. He died during the Terra Nova Expedition on the same day in 1912. Antarctic explorers: standing, (L-R)
AncientPages.com – An ancient observatory from the 3rd or 4th century has been discovered by a team of researchers during excavations carried out in the south of Iran. Traces of the ancient observatory were found during the excavation of the Paregan mound in the province of Khormozgan
AncientPages.com – On March 16, 1485, Anne Neville, the daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Anne Beauchamp, died mysteriously at the age of twenty-eight. Did tuberculosis cause her death, or was she poisoned? Anne Neville spent most of
AncientPages.com – A mysterious pyramid-shaped tomb has been unearthed in China. The age of the tomb has not yet been determined. It is also unknown who was buried inside and why the burial was shaped like a pyramid. Chinese media refers
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The oldest human cranium fossil was discovered in the cave of Aroeira in Portugal. Dated to 400,000 years ago, the cranium represents the westernmost human fossil ever found in Europe during the middle Pleistocene epoch
AncientPages.com – On March 15, 44 BC., Roman Dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated, not in the Senate but in a meeting room adjacent to the Theatre of Pompey. The conspirators – Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several
AncientPages.com – The long-lost wreck of a crusader ship and sunken cargos dating to the 13th century CE have been found in the bay of the crusader stronghold city Acre, in northern Israel, reports Haaretz. Marine archaeologists, led by Dr. Ehud
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In the recent years, many interesting discoveries have been made in the Altai Mountains, Siberia. This time, researchers report they have discovered evidence porcupines lived in caves in the Altai Mountains around 30,000 to 40,000 years
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Ancient legends and myths are often believed to carry a message for future generations, and the story about Kitezh is no exception. The Invisible Town of Kitezh (1913) by Konstantin Gorbatov – Public Domain As much as
