History
Powerful kings, queens, rulers, warriors and great battles have shaped our world. We take a closer look at some great historical personalities and events world-wide.
Take a journey through time and space and discover the fascinating history behind the complex world we inhabit today.
History Archive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The legendary Berber Queen Kahina was a strong woman with the courage and will to resist the Muslims when her kingdom was invaded.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Today, all we know about the ancient city of Ur comes from the written documents unearthed at Ur. Since Ur was part of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Serving as Pharaoh in ancient Egypt was both prestigious and perilous. At the end of his reign, Pharaoh Apries lost the support of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the Old Testament, Ashurbanipal is mentioned in the Book of Ezra, 4:10 - "and the other people whom the great and honorable
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Greatly overshadowed by his son, Ramesses II, today hailed as the greatest Pharaoh of all time, Seti I did more for ancient Egypt than
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Archaeology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Kanishka Casket (known as the Kanishka reliquary) is a beautiful Buddhist treasure of gilded copper. The relic dates back to the first
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Edzná is an ancient place populated in 400 BC and abandoned c. 1500 AD. It is a Maya archaeological site in the north
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Ancient Mysteries
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Who was the first explorer to visit the Arctic? That is a question one cannot answer quickly. The lack of historical references dealing
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among many ancient weapons, we find their most unusual shapes. One such weapon is the bronze khopesh, a sickle-shaped sword, usually described as
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Destroyed by King Murdoch O'Brien of Munster in 1101, the little-known stone ringfort Grianán Of Aileach was once home to the Kingdom of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Khara-Khoto ("black city" or "black water city") was inhabited by Tangut people and located about 200 miles north of the legendary Silk Highway
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Compassion is not an emotion most associate with ancient Egyptian Pharaohs, who could be fearless, harsh, and ruthless rulers. History judges Pharaohs by
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shortly before Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici died, he told his son Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici never to go against the will
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient civilization of Sumer still hides many secrets. Representatives of this unique culture left behind many art pieces, pottery, writing, hydraulic engineering,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If Vikings were alive today, they would be surprised and perhaps even a little flattered to see how much interest the world has
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The mysterious Cucuteni-Trypillia culture lived in Eastern Europe thousands of years ago. They left behind a number of intriguing ancient artifacts, destroyed settlements, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Remains of the ancient historical city of Darabgerd (Darabjerd) are situated six kilometers southwest of the modern town of Darab in Fars province,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - By modern definition, a tyrant is a cruel and oppressive ruler hated by most people. Peisistratos was a tyrant, but this doesn’t mean
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - All around the world, there are magnificent ancient structures that show our ancestors have always been interested in studying the skies. Our interest
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Few have heard his name, but to the people living in a small village in Kyrgyzstan, he was an extraordinary man and hero.
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - All Maya regulated their lives by the sacred calendar and their belief that supernatural beings had the power to intervene in human affairs
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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Archaeology
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 -
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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
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Vikings
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
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