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History

Powerful kings, queens, rulers, warriors and great battles have shaped our world. We take a closer look at some great historical personalities and events world-wide.
Take a journey through time and space and discover the fascinating history behind the complex world we inhabit today.

Historical Figures

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It has been decided the skeleton of the Irish Giant Charles Byrne will not be part of the controversial exhibition at the Hunterian

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Lycurgus is mentioned in many ancient sources, but most modern historians refer to him as a semi-mythical individual. Some scholars say Lycurgus was

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AncientPages.com – Spartacus, a lowly barbarian slave whose rebellion ultimately proved a failure and whose followers died in the most ignominious of fashions, has become a modern symbol

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Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The first European crusaders of the Holy Land were inspired by the fame and fortune awarded to the Norman conquerors in Europe, a

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In the year 865 A.D., the Great Heathen Army, also known as the Great Viking Army, crossed the sea and dramatically changed the

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Civilizations

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Celts are mysterious people who played a crucial role in the history of ancient Europe. In this article, we take an in-depth

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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Once upon a time, there was an important commercial center on Gotland, the island located in the Baltic Sea, approximately 90 kilometers east

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A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Ingvar Vittfarne (in English: Ingvar the Far-Travelled) (ca. 1016-1041) was a Viking chieftain from Mälardalen (Malar Valley) in central Sweden. The Icelandic saga

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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Fingerprints have been a source of people’s great fascination and can be traced back to ancient times. Today, however, it is not easy

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – There are so many striking historical similarities between Ivar the Boneless and Ímar that some scholars suggest these two Vikings were the same

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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Described in numerous literary works, movies, public monuments, and other memorials, Decebalus is considered a national hero in Romania. At the beginning of

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – On April 23, people in Ireland celebrate Brian Boru, one of their greatest heroes who became famous for chasing off the Vikings. Brian

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Zteve T Evans – AncientPages.com – Nova Anglia, or New England, was alleged to have been a community of exiled Anglo-Saxon nobles and warriors who intended it to

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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Money has been available in all shapes and weight classes. They could be light as a feather or heavy like a stone. Small,

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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Even ordinary people were involved in the flourishing trade, and soon Lydia became one of antiquity’s most prosperous kingdoms. Gold stater of Croesus.

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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – For 4500 years, human life was controlled and even manipulated by money. Ever since ancient times, money has played a central role in

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AncientPages.com – Ancient historians loved to write about warfare and famous battles. While these millennia-old stories still feed modern imaginations – Homer’s “Iliad” provides the plot for the

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Civilizations

AncientPages.com – In the second episode of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a castle — then watch it be destroyed by a bowling ball.

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AncientPages.com – Domestic violence was endemic in the Roman world. Rome was a slave-owning, patriarchal, militarized culture in which violence (potential and actual) signaled power and control. Tragically,

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Zteve T Evans – AncientPages.com – The Brujo de Chiloé, or the Warlocks of Chiloé, were a secretive coven of male witches allegedly involved in witchcraft and crime

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – One of the world’s longest human conflicts in history was between the Romans and Persians. The Hundred Years’ War and even Rome’s long

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A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – During the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BC, Egyptian artisans who worked on the royal tombs

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – In Europe, the Knights Templar were the first known warrior monks, active during the Crusades. However, warrior monks did not only exist in Europe.

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A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Stele of Tell al-Rimah, dated to 796 BC, is a stone stela from the reign of the Assyrian king Adad-nigari III (810-783 BC) found

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – One of the most important and interesting people mentioned in the Bible is King Saul, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Beautiful Venice in Italy is today recognized as one of the most charming cities in the world, and its ancient history is just

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – It is often said the conquerors write history, which may be true in the case of King Penda. The early history of the

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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Born around 1029 in Belarus, Prince Vseslav was an intriguing…