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AncientPages.com - Florida is once again revealing more of its ancient secrets. Archaeologists have discovered 14,500 year-old artifacts in an ancient sinkhole in Florida. The finding could re-write history

AncientPages.com - On May 12, 1820, Florence  Nightingale, known as the Lady with the Lamp, was born. She was a great person, widely acknowledged as the pioneer of

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Fabel is the world’s first licensed archaeology dog. He is a great asset to archaeologists because his sensitive nose can accomplish more than

AncientPages.com - Dante Alighieri was born in May (or June) 1265 in Florence, Italy. He was the Florentine writer, Italy's national poet, best known for his epic poem La Commedia,

AncientPages.com - On May 7, 1832, the independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London. In May 1832, Lord Palmerston, who took over as British Foreign Secretary and

AncientPages.com - On May 5, 1821 - Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte - whose empire covered all of Europe - died in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the

AncientPages.com - On May 3, 752, Bird Jaguar IV (also called Yaxun B'alam IV), a Mayan king from Yaxchilan (modern-day Chiapas), located on the banks of the river Usumacinta, in

AncientPages.com - When the object we now call SN 1006 first appeared on May 1, 1006 AD, it was far brighter than Venus and visible during the daytime for weeks.

AncientPages.com - On April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc, the 17-year-old French peasant, entered Orleans, the city besieged by the English. This most unusual historical event occurred during

AncientPages.com - The Vikings were accomplished navigators, artisans, traders and story tellers, but their greatest triumph was the ship they built. Draken Harald, the largest Viking ship built in

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have begun digging up two Roman baths hidden in a passageway below the city of Bath, in the south-west of England. Archaeologists believe one of the baths

AncientPages.com - On April 25, 1507, Martin Waldseemüller (ca. 1470-ca. 1518) was the first to suggest that the newly discovered landmass in the New World should be called America.

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A skeleton lying down with a jorum in his hand and a wine pitcher and bread on the side, is depicted on a

AncientPages.com - Recent discovery of surgical instruments and burial chambers unearthed during excavations in the ancient city of Philadelphia in the Central Anatolia, Turkey indicates that the ancient city

AncientPages.com - April 21, 753 BC, is a mythological date when Rome is founded by Romulus, one of the twin brothers. In Roman mythology, Romulus and his twin brother Remus