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.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Victory Stela of King Piankhi is an important surviving artifact related to the historical period when the Nubian King Piye (formerly called Piankhi) invaded
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Pharaoh Merneptah was Ramesses II’s 13th son. He succeeded his father when he was in his early sixties and reigned for ten years between
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most prominent Roman Emperors of the third century was Aurelian (214 AD - 275 AD). The situation in the Roman Empire
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A. Sutherland - Ancient Pages.com - The Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 -1543) made crucial observations in Rome in 1500. Copernicus's heliocentric worldview was revolutionary and ended the old
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Katana is the most famous Japanese Samurai sword. The Japanese Katana sword is considered "the soul of the Samurai" and one of the deadliest-edged
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Did Empress Cixi poison her enemies to stay in power? Historians find it suspicious that some people close to Empress Cixi died suddenly under
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Earlier prevailing pharaohs did not need to defend themselves against their people, but Ramesses III had no choice. A 3,000-year-old papyrus reveals how a
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As a daughter of Egyptian queen Nefertiti and Akhenaten, one of the most famous rulers in the Land of Pharaohs, one would expect
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Queen Merneith is one of the most disputed individuals in the history of ancient Egypt. She was buried along with 118 servants who followed
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Like most of Ragnar Lodbrok’s sons, Sigurd “Snake-In-The-Eye” was a unique individual. His fascinating story is about prophecy, love, honor, and vengeance. Famous Viking
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Thalia Lightbringer - AncientPages.com - The Zuni people made beautiful things from silver and had a rich cultural tradition, but were primarily farmers. How then did these Pueblo people
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Seppuku is a ritual form of committing suicide in Japanese society. Many people living in the Western world believe it is a horrible and barbaric
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Exactly today but 493 years ago, on February 28, 1525, the last ruler of the Aztecs, was executed by the conquistadors of Hernán Cortés.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - There is a deeper meaning behind the Vatican City State’s flag. The flag is made up of two fields, vertically divided in half: the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Eleanor of Aquitaine was not just an ordinary woman of 12th century Europe. She was charismatic and well-educated. Her outstanding personality largely shaped
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Most of us would say it's difficult to understand how someone who deliberately killed hundreds of people could be hailed a hero. However, those
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Queen Semiramis was one of the most interesting, famous, and powerful figures in ancient history and yet, her life is shrouded in mystery
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Vercingetorix was an Arverni nobleman and a prominent figure in Gaul, recognized as the most renowned leader among the Gauls. He was known
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Spreading Christianity in ancient Rome and gaining new followers was not an easy task. Pagans and Emperors alike were opponents of the new faith.
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Lady Cao was not just one of many mummies archaeologists have unearthed in various parts of the world. Discoveries of her remains re-wrote ancient
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Knights Templar, who decided to sacrifice their lives in the service of the Order, lived according to strict discipline and had to
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the autumn of 88 B.C., more than 80,000 Roman civilians were murdered. The "mastermind" behind this gruesome attack was Mithradates VI Of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Romans loved their public baths but they also paid special attention to oral hygiene and had surprisingly healthy teeth. Believed to be the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The samurai were the legendary warriors of old Japan who led noble but violent lives governed by the demands of honor, personal integrity,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - ‘Priest holes’ saved many lives of Catholic priests and became their sanctuaries in times of persecution during England’s Anti-Catholic times. They were so
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shamans, wizards, priests, and priestesses were not the only ones who depended on spells and magic in the ancient world. Superstition played a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - He has been considered a genius with the highest mental ability and unique talent. Who was Archimedes? Statue of Archimedes of bronze created
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the army of the Persian Empire there were many different formations. One of them were the so-called ‘sparabara’ –the shield bearing troops. They
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to the Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel, Hunac Ceel, ruler of Mayapan, conquered Chichén Itzá in the 13th century. Archaeological data, on the other
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - On December 26, 1665, the Codex Cospi (or Codex Bologna) was given as a Christmas gift to the Italian nobleman Ferdinando Cospi (1606 -
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Wars of the Roses was a civil war in England that lasted from 1455-1487. This thirty-two-year military conflict was fought between the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It was far less likely that someone would give obscene messages directly to a postman. Until the 1800s, people who wanted to send their letters, had
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Mongolian messengers had to travel 48 kilometers (30 mi) a day and being in a possession of a "magic" badge (see left image) they
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - King Sargon of Babylon, who ruled about 3800 B.C. established a regular postal service for his official letters which could reach recipients even
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Roman imperial triumphal arches symbolized the empire's power and greatness of the emperor. The arches were decorated with beautiful historical scenes commemorating the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In the 13th century, Europe was shivering with fear. The Mongol invasion was just around the corner. When Genghis Khan, the great Mongol
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - William Marshal is considered one of the greatest English knights and magnates of the Middle Ages. William Marshal by John Evan Thomas © Palace
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aristotle of Stagira (c. 384 BC - 322 BC) founded his own school, called High School, in the year 335 BC. It was located
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok is today remembered as a legendary and fearless Sea-King whose history is very unusual. Ragnar Lodrok considered himself to be
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Not only Vikings had berserkers. The berserkers among Viking warriors had more or less their counterparts in other regions of Europe and outside
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Varangian Guard represented the elite heavy infantry regiment of the Roman ('Byzantine') Empire from 988 AD to around 1404 AD. They were Vikings for
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Probably the most famous medieval ruler of England - though not the best - was Richard Plantagenet, better known as Richard the Lionheart (“Coeur
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