Europe Archive

AncientPages.com - On April 8, 1820, the Greek farmer Yorgos Kentrotas stumbled across a damaged statue inside a buried niche within the ancient city ruins of Milos, Greece.

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Sir William Wallace was an outlaw to the Englishmen. To the Scots, he was a brave freedom fighter, a legendary hero. William Wallace

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Throughout history, we have seen and heard about a great number of insane rulers. Some of them have been bloodthirsty tyrants, while others

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have revealed the best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain, which provides an extraordinary insight into domestic life 3,000 years ago. Dated to

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists of the University of West Florida recently identified the archaeological site of the Luna settlement – the first multi-year European settlement in the

AncientPages.com - A new study indicates that Neanderthal man arrived on the Italian peninsular some 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed radioactive deposits that were found in

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Harald Bluetooth was the younger son of Gorm the Old and Queen Thyra. His father, also called Gorm the Languid, was the first

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - There was something magical about the sound of his pipe. It had a strange effect on the 130 children who followed him into

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Few people know about the remarkable Mangup cliff that together forms the most immense cavern fortress on the Crimean peninsula, about 9 miles

AncientPages.com - In this list, we present some of the most incredible and bizarre ancient cases of mass hysteria that took place around the world. Derived from the Greek

AncientPages.com - Some 2,000 spirals made of gold have been unearthed in a field in southwestern Zealand, where four gold bracelets and six gold bowls have been found in

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A tiny dragon's head, one of the most famous symbols of the Vikings, has been discovered during excavations in the harbour at Birka in

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Something very strange and unexplained happened with European DNA 4,000-5,000 years ago. For reasons totally unknown, the genetic markers of this first pan-European

Ellen Lloyd - MessageToEagle.com - Our search for the truth about the origin of Man takes us to Ireland, once the home of the Tuatha De Danann. County

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A controversial Bronze Age disc known as the Nebra Sky Disc is one of the most fascinating and perhaps some would say, disputable

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient sunken city of Baiae is located just 30 minutes northwest of Naples, Italy. Baiae was one of the most important cities of

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Once a long time ago, this unique place was inhabited by an advanced civilization. Then, something happened and the city vanished consumed by

Conny Waters  - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered intriguing human footprints on the beach at Happisburgh in Norfolk, East of England. The prints, thought to be more than

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many say they are hoaxes, but if that's true, why are they kept in museums as valuable objects? Credits: Ashmolean Museum These strange