Europe Archive

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772) was an intellect of a very special kind. He was renowned for his worldly achievements both in the arts

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation to end the legality of coffeehouses. He banned coffeehouses and forbade people from

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - With a population of 330,000, Iceland is a country with its own peculiarities. Genes are no exception: isolation and inbreeding throughout its history

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - More and more modern physicists are seriously considering the possibility that our world may be surrounded by several invisible realities that co-exists next to

AncientPages.com - Cornwall Live  reports that 4,000-year-old burnt human remains have been found on a farm in Cornwall in what is believed to be evidence of an unknown ritual

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Once again, we return to America and explore secrets of our ancestors. Thousands of years ago, there was a very interesting ancient culture in

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Alpes stretch across France, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. In ancient time, the Alpes were home to many tribes that

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 399 B.C., one of the greatest philosophers of all time, Socrates was sentenced to death. Socrates was a courageous man who stood up

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

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Dublin have discovered 11th-century Viking village with graffiti and unique artifacts. According to researchers, the discovery is an “extraordinary find”.  As previously mentioned on

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several Norse runes mention a group of unknown warriors named Kylfings. According to scholars, the Kylfings may have been members of the Varangian Guard, but who

AncientPages.com - Every now and then scientists discover something that forces them to re-write history. This has just happened in the case of Middle Ages altarpieces. It has long

AncientPages.com - A pot containing some 500 silver and gold coins was found during water works conducted near the city of Vianen, in the province of Utrecht, central Netherlands.

AncientPages.com - During works for Rome’s new subway station, workers have uncovered an ancient Roman 'Commander's House', the first discovery of its kind in the Italian capital, say archaeologists

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

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

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Finding ancient well-persevered clothes is not something that happens daily. This is why this particular 1,700-year-old tunic is so special. It is Norway’s

AncientPages.com - Beautiful Isle of May is today inhabited by sea birds and seals and the remote island is owned and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage as a National Nature Reserve.

AncientPages.com - King Ferdinand of Aragon's secret coded letters have puzzled historians for centuries. King Ferdinand and his commander Gonzalo de Córdoba used a mysterious coding system consisting of

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

AncientPages.com - The Black Death is one of the most devastating plagues in human history. The Black Death, started in the Gobi Desert as a minor disease known as Yersinia