Kings, queens, rulers, warriors, and major battles have all played a part in shaping our world. Here, we explore some of the most important people and events from history around the globe.
Join us as we travel through history to uncover the stories that have shaped the world we live in today.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Great Sphinx of Giza, Machu Picchu, Stonehenge, Moai statues, Petra, Ephesus, and many, many other magnificent ancient sites can be added to the list of sites worthy of admiration for anyone interested in ancient
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The history of Sais goes back to Egypt’s pre-dynastic times (before 3100 BC). It was once a beautiful Egyptian city located in the western Egyptian delta along the right bank of the Rosetta Branch of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – We used to associate martial arts mainly with the Far East, China – Kung Fu, and Japan – Karate, but the truth is that India is the cradle of martial arts. Today’s article is about
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Romans were skilled builders, and throughout their vast empire, we find their impressive, massive, and long-lasting structures. “The most impressive Roman remains in Britain today are military. Foremost amongst them are the fortifications of
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Tell Mozan, the site of the ancient city of Urkesh, holds a significant place in both historical records and myths. This ancient city, nestled in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The impressive castle in the town of Cēsis in central Latvia recently revealed one of its ancient secrets. The ruins of Cesis – the Livonian Order of Cēsis Castle – are of great importance for
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Louis Le Prince vanished under mysterious circumstances, but did he willingly decide to hide from the outside world, or was he murdered? Le Prince was poor and had debts, so he had reasons to disappear,
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Erik the Red was a famous Viking today remembered for colonizing Greenland and being the father of the great Viking explorer Leif Erikson. Erik the Red’s life was full of difficulties. He was a very controversial Viking. He
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We associate all these names – Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar the Boneless, Bjorn Ironside, Erik the Red, Eric “Bloodaxe” Haraldsson – with courageous and fearsome Viking warriors. However, none of them can be compared to the
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – We are today so used to the name that we hardly think about how the Vatican got its name. The truth is that the name Vatican is neither Latin nor Greek and cannot be traced
David Tee – AncientPages.com – History has a way of hiding the truth and letting myths and legends ascend to prominence. Very little credible information about Anne Neville’s survival. What does survive are a lot of tall tales, myths, and legends
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In the Valley of the Queens, there is an enormous and spectacular ancient tomb that belongs to Queen Nefertari (1290–1224 BC). Nefertari Meritmut, whose name means ‘beautiful companion,’ was the first of the Great Royal Wives
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The oldest story about Dido was written by Timaeus, an ancient Greek historian who lived in the 3rd century BC. Dido’s original name, ‘Elissa’, is related to El, the remote Phoenician creator god. From the earliest
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Caesarion was murdered on August 23, 30 B.C., at the age of only 17 years old. He was the last King of the Egyptian Ptolemies, most probably the son of Julius Caesar, and his mother
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One autumn morning in 1578, the watchmen scanned the Pacific Ocean from the top of the fortifications of the central city and seaport of Valparaíso. They saw warships appear in the distance. It wasn’t difficult
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Nazi photo album that was made out of the skin and hair of World War II Nazi death camp victims has been found at an antique market in Poland. The album was put up
