Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – An influential Viking chief had many enemies lurking everywhere. To stay in power, he had to be protected. A hird consisted of hired professional warriors who guaranteed their leader’s safety day and night. They were
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok is today remembered as a legendary and fearless Sea-King whose history is very unusual. Lodbrok considered himself a direct descendant of the God Odin, and he was one of the most popular
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One of the most famous places in human history was Ancient Babylon. It was also home to some powerful dynasties and rulers. One of them was Hammurabi, the sixth king in the Babylonian dynasty, who
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The first Pharaoh in Egyptian recorded history was Menes-Narmer and his reign marks the beginning of human civilization. As recorded on the Palermo Stone, there was a civilization prior to the present one that dated back
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 Vikings with brutal robbers, and people were terrified when they spotted a
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The mystery of Viking ruler Rollo continues. An ancient sarcophagus Fécamp, Normandy, France has been opened, and analysis has been conducted, but the results are startling and not what anyone expected. While trying to solve
AncientPages.com – On January 7, 1131, Canute Lavard (Danish: Knud Lavard) (1096 – 1131) was killed by his cousin Magnus I of Sweden, who saw him as a rival to the Danish throne. Canute Lavard was a Danish prince, the
AncientPages.com – If asked to think of a single individual who epitomises the decadence, destruction and debauchery of Ancient Rome, the name Nero would surely be on many people’s lips. Attaining power in A.D. 54 at the tender age of 16,
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The earliest rulers of the long-lasting civilization of Egypt were called “The followers of Horus.” At the beginning of its long history, Egypt was united when an Upper Egyptian kingdom seized Lower Egypt in the
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Palnatoke was a legendary Danish hero and chieftain of the Island of Fyn. According to the Jómsvíkinga saga, Palnatoke founded the Brotherhood of Jomsvikings and established its laws, although there is no evidence to support this
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The mysterious Jomsvikings were no ordinary Viking warriors, but a fearless Scandinavian warrior-brotherhood. Each fighter must obey the 11 military rules set by the order. Violation of these rules could result in immediate expulsion from the
AncientPages.com – On March 28, 845, Paris was attacked by Vikings under the leadership of Ragnar Lodbrok, (nicknamed ‘Hairy Breeches’, referring to the animal-skin trousers that he wore. One of the most notorious of all the Viking heroes, Ragnar was not
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – He was well-known for his intelligence and wisdom. Imhotep, or “he who comes in peace,” was an ancient Egyptian genius and the great architect of the world’s first known monumental stone building, the Step Pyramid
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Sir Aurel Stein (1862 – 1943), British archaeologist and explorer famous for his archaeological discoveries in Central Asia, was fascinated by the history of the Silk Road. For many years, Stein conducted scientific and archaeological excavations
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – High in the Andes Mountains of Peru, the Inca built a dazzling empire that governed 12 million people. They had no writing system, but they successfully created an elaborate government, great public works, and a
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Ancient Egypt is often depicted as an autonomous, stand-alone realm that remained untouched and unaffected by its surrounding African cultures. There is, however, historical evidence that the balance of power shifted, where the cultures of Egypt
