AncientPages.com – Last year, archaeologists discovered the original shrine belonging to Viking King Olaf Haraldsson who was declared a saint in 1031. St. Olaf, as he is now known, conquered and consolidated Norway in 1016 but held on to rule for
AncientPages.com – On April 13, 1598, Henry IV of France signed the Edict of Nantes. It confirmed Roman Catholicism as the state religion while granting religious freedom to Protestants. Proclamation of the Edict of Nantes by Henry IV. Image source – Public
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists from the University of Bonn are working to restore valuable 4th-century tunics attributed to St. Ambrose. In a few days they will return to Milan with a mobile lab to continue their work with these
AncientPages.com – The oldest remains of the ancient city of Nea Paphos in Cyprus have been discovered by Warsaw archaeologists during excavations. Approximately 2.4 thousand years old fragments of walls and floors are located in the part of the city inhabited
AncientPages.com – Excavations carried out at the ancient site of Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia, Turkey, have revealed many interesting finds. “Last year, we carried out works with a core team including 12 excavators and 15 laboratory experts, aiming to reach the
AncientPages.com – A vaulted tomb dating back to the time of the Assyrian Empire in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan has been accidentally unearthed during construction works in the area. Erbil is known as the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the
AncientPages.com – During excavations in the ancient Italian city of Poseidonia, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a massive building and invaluable ceramics imported from Greece. Haaretz reports that for the first time, excavations have revealed how rich its Greek founders
AncientPages.com – The eastern necropolis of the ancient city of Serdica has been found during construction work at the site, which will be the location of a new hotel in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. At the site, six family tombs and
AncientPages.com – On April 10-11, 1815, more than 13,000 feet high, Tambora Mount in Indonesia exploded, killing about 92000 people and changing the global climate. Tambora’s powerful eruption made the global climate effects felt. The 1815 Mount Tambora eruption. The
AncientPages.com – On April 9, 1747, the Scottish Jacobite Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, became the last man in Britain to be publicly beheaded at Tower Hill, London. The last ever beheading with an axe in the UK was that of the
AncientPages.com – A digger team working at the pond on the golf course at All Saints Hotel, Fornham St Genevieve discovered an old sword decorated with silver inscription. The pond is located on the site of the 1173 Battle of Fornham
AncientPages.com – Researchers, using ground penetrating radar, have now done a complete scan of the ancient town of Carnuntum located east of Vienna, Austria. The research has revealed, without excavation, an entire city area next to the amphitheater, containing bakeries, taverns
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For a long time, the ancient Roman city of Ucetia in southern France was known only by its name. Now archaeologists have unearthed traces of the ancient city near Nîmes. Beautifully preserved sets of mosaics
AncientPages.com – Archaeologists describe remains found in caves near Paisley, Oregon, that represent the oldest specimens of insects from the genus Cimex ever found, ranging between 5,100 and 11,000 years old. The caves are an important site, which revealed some the
AncientPages.com – On April 7, 451, Attila the Hun, who reigned 434-453 CE, captured and plundered the city of Metz – Roman’s stronghold. Without any opposition, he massacred the citizens and continued his new attacks on other cities in Gaul, today
AncientPages.com – Michelangelo (1475 – 1564), painter, sculptor and one of the greatest artists of all time, often secretly inserted pagan symbols into his works of art. Many of them were possibly associated with anatomical representations. A new analysis suggests that Michelangelo may
