AncientPages.com – It has already been called a finding that could re-write ancient Maya history. A quite spectacular discovery of two untouched ancient tombs found beneath Maya pyramids can unravel the mystery of “Snake Kings”. Archaeologists say the ancient tombs contain treasures
AncientPages.com – On October 17, 1604, German astronomer Johannes Kepler observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus. Supernova 1604, also known as Kepler’s Supernova, was a supernova of Type Ia that occurred in the Milky Way in the constellation Ophiuchus.
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’ is not the earliest literary source to mention Gilgamesh, the fifth ruler of Uruk and a demigod whose superhuman strength enabled him to build the city’s defensive walls. According to the
AncientPages.com – On October 16, 1758, Noah Webster, Jr. “Father of American Scholarship and Education,” was born. He was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author. Webster’s name is linked with the word “dictionary”
AncientPages.com – On October 15, 1211, the Battle of the Rhyndacus was fought between the successor states of the Byzantine Empire, the Latin Empire, and the Byzantine Greek Empire of Nicaea, established following the dissolution of the Byzantine state after the Fourth
AncientPages.com – On October 14, 1644, William Penn, English philosopher and founder of Pennsylvania, was born. When Penn was 22 years old, he joined the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers, a Christian movement founded by George Fox circa 1650 and devoted to
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Lemminkainen is a prominent figure in Finnish mythology. He is a handsome young man, a hero, but also a frivolous, ostentatious character with a liking for women and battles. Lemminkainen is one of the heroes of
AncientPages.com – On October 13th, 1307, King Philip IV of France, in league with Pope Clement V, ordered the arrest of all Templars in the Kingdom of France; they were rounded up and thrown in prison. Drawing of two knights
AncientPages.com – On October 12, 539 BC, the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great, and his army entered the city of Babylon. It was, however, not an easy task because Babylon’s walls were difficult to penetrate. Statue of Cyrus the great at Olympic Park in Sydney.
AncientPages.com – Once a political and military center of power and legendary kings, Vordingborg is an impressive castle in Denmark located on the southern coast of Zealand facing across the Baltic Sea towards Germany. Vordingborg is Denmark’s’ the biggest royal
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in China may be closer to unravel the mystery of the 2,000-year-old urn burial mystery. As many as 113 ancient tombs have been discovered near the ancient city of Fudi, in Huanghua, northern
AncientPages.com – On 11 October 1942, Japanese naval forces in the Solomon Islands area, commanded by Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, sent a significant supply and reinforcement convoy to their troops on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The convoy consisted of two seaplane
AncientPages.com – On October 10, 1575, the Battle of Dormans took place during the 5th War of Religion in France Fifth War of Religion (1575-76). A Royal force commanded by Henry, the 3rd Duke of Guise, defeated a force of German
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The White Temple stood in the sacred precinct of the god Anu in the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk, now Warka, Iraq, which was also the legendary home of Gilgamesh. Digital reconstruction of the White Temple of
AncientPages.com – On October 9, 1410, the fascinating mechanical wonder, the Prague astronomical clock, was first mentioned. In the Middle Ages, the Old Town astronomical clock was regarded as one of the world’s marvels. For more than 600 years, it has been
AncientPages.com – On October 8, 314, the Battle of Cibalae was fought between the two Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius. It was an armed conflict in 314 ad, during Constantine’s war with Licinius from 314 to 324. Two Roman
