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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1375, King Valdemar IV Atterdag was put to rest in Vordingborg, Denmark’s’ the biggest royal castle. For over 600 years scientists and historians

Cynthia McKanzie - AncientPages.com - The Lunar Society consisted of great scientists whose ideas and inventions changed the world forever. Not everyone could become a member of the Lunar

David Tee - AncientPages.com - Born Jeanne Antoinette, Madame de Pompadour was a pretty little child, and she had an innocent start in life. Her mother made sure that

AncientPages.com - A torquetum was a complex and sophisticated Medieval astronomical instrument used to measure the three sets of astronomical coordinates: horizon, equatorial, and ecliptic. As a mechanical tool,

David Tee - AncientPages.com - William Adams was born in Elizabethan England in the 16th century and grew up working as an apprentice to shipbuilders. For the first years

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Can you imagine that in certain places on this planet there are great volumes of secret wisdom and knowledge containing accurate details about the

David Tee - AncientPages.com - When you go back into history, even if it is only a little over 1200 years, as it is for the MacGregors, details get

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most interesting deities in ancient Egypt is undoubtedly the goddess Neith. Her unique, complex personality and important responsibilities are the reason

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In part 1 of this series, we discussed why this mysterious place has been feared since ancient times. Locals have always been convinced there

AncientPages.com -  The first governmental health system was introduced in ancient Egypt. We might think of state supported health care as an innovation of the 20th century, but it’s

David Tee - AncientPages.com - That is one of the more incredible stories to be told about the Hunza people. But are the stories true? Did some of their

AncientPages.com - A nomenclator played an important role in ancient times. There were a number of unusual professions in ancient times, many of which were carried out by slaves.

David Tee - AncientPages.com - You have heard about these masters of stealth warfare and espionage. If not from history books, then from the myriad of movies that use

David Tee - AncientPages.com - There are many names that describe the nature and function of the axis mundi. It is known as the world pillar or the

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As previously stated in part 1 of this series, Venus was worshipped by our ancestors and the planet is frequently mentioned in myths, legends,

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A major gnostic religion originating in the Sassanid era of Babylonia was founded by the Persian prophet Mani (216-277 CE). Mani, who in the

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thor, the thunder god, had a beautiful wife, who was, along with the goddess Freya, the most attractive goddess in the Norse pantheon. Sif's

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient times, people believed that left-handed were truly evil individuals. There is evidence of many very ancient tools that have been used

AncientPages.com - On November 7, 1492, the Ensisheim meteorite was observed to fall in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace, Further Austria (now

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Something very strange took place in this ancient underground temple. While exploring the ancient site scientists found skulls that do not belong to ordinary

AncientPages.com - Our ancestors were aware of the importance of oil. The use of oil is a very ancient invention in fact. As early as 2,000 B.C, there were