Europe Archive

AncientPages.com - It took months to write a book during the Middle Ages. Most medieval manuscripts, illuminated or not, were written on parchment. Paper wasn't available in Europe until

AncientPages.com - During the Viking Age females took part in battles and women could become great warriors. Archaeologists have examined an ancient tomb in the Viking town of Birka.

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

AncientPages.com - Once again, it’s time to reconsider our understanding of Stone Age people who were much smarter than we think. In schools today, children learn that Stone people

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The lost Beverina Castle is shrouded in mystery. It is mentioned in ancient texts and legends, but it has never been found. The castle

AncientPages.com - Polish archaeologists have renewed excavations of a unique 5,000-year-old megalithic tomb with the remains of more than 20 persons, located at Kierzków (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship), in north-central Poland. The

AncientPages.com - At first sight, these large circles discovered in a field near Oława, a town in south-western Poland remind us of a crop circle. However, what we are seeing

AncientPages.com - The first genetic map of the people of Ireland has been presented by a team of Irish, British and American researchers who analyzed data from 194 Irish

AncientPages.com - Stones  exposed to strong heat, are often found on old farms and they originate from the Viking Age and even earlier. Long ago, Vikings and their descendants

AncientPages.com - On October 19, 1216,  John, King of England, died of dysentery at Newark Castle in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. He was the youngest son of Henrik II

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - It is said that prehistoric Skara Brae, which is older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Egypt, was home to the “little people.”

AncientPages.com - Charlemagne was born on April 2, 742, in Northern Europe. He was also known as Charles the Great (in English), Karl der Grosse (in German), and Carolus Magnus (in

AncientPages.com - On March 22, 871, the Battle of Marton (or Meretun) was fought at a place recorded as Marton, possibly in Wiltshire or Dorset, England. Miniature of

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com  - The oldest human cranium fossil was discovered in the cave of Aroeira in Portugal. Dated to 400,000 years ago, the cranium represents the

AncientPages.com - On January 30, 1972, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, British Army paratroopers shot 26 unarmed civilians, all Northern Catholics, during a protest march against internment. This tragic event