MessageToEagle.com – On December 22, 1911, Grote Reber, amateur astronomer and radio engineer was born in Chicago. He was a ham radio operator, studied radio engineering, and worked
MessageToEagle.com – On December 19, 1154, Henry II (also known as Henry Curtmantle) was crowned King of England. Henry II was born in 1133 in France and was
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Among many fascinating supernatural beings known to the Slavic people is puzzling Likho (in Polish: ‘licho’), a demonic, one-eyed evil woman. Was it
MessageToEagle.com – On December 18, 1888, the Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde, Colorado, was discovered by rancher Richard Wetherill (1858- 1910) and his brother-in-law Charlie Mason, who were
MessageToEagle.com – On December 17, 1790, the Sun Stone (Stone of the Five Eras), or sometimes (erroneously) called Aztec calendar stone was rediscovered during repairs in Mexico City.
MessageToEagle.com – The face of a man, whose skull partly covered by plaster and found near Jericho in the 1950s, is now reconstructed. A 3D-printed reproduction of the
MessageToEagle.com – An international team of astronomers has discovered a planetary system with a host star similar to Earth’s sun. The star HIP68468, located 300 light years away,
MessageToEagle.com – Striking evidence of how African and Christian religious beliefs blended and merged in the 19th century has been uncovered at the site of plantation near Easton,
MessageToEagle.com – On December 16, 1707, Mount Fuji – Japan’s tallest mountain erupted. It was the last confirmed eruption of Mount Fuji, the highest volcano and highest peak in
MessageToEagle.com – On December 15, 1612, Simon Marius (1573 – 1624) mathematician and astronomer, independently rediscovered the “Nebula in the Girdle of Andromeda”, actually the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).
MessageToEagle.com – Iran’s ancient rock art could be among the oldest in the world. An Iranian archaeologist has spent years in an almost single-handed quest across the country’s
MessageToEagle.com – On December 14, 1883, Ueshiba Morihei – the ‘Founder of Aikido’, was born in what is now Tanabe, Japan. Until his death in 1969 at the age
MessageToEagle.com – A team of archaeologists from University of Gothenburg, Sweden and University of Bournemouth, United Kingdom have stumbled upon the previously unknown 2,500-year-old city located near the
MessageToEagle.com – Vishap stones represent one of the more interesting mysteries of Armenian archaeology. Vishaps are menhirs (large carved stones) that date back to 2000 BC. These formations, which
MessageToEagle.com – On December 13, 1577, Francis Drake set sail from Plymouth with a five-ship flotilla on the dangerous path that killed Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan 50 years
MessageToEagle.com – A mysterious extraordinarily brilliant point of light seen in a distant galaxy, and dubbed ASASSN-15lh, has long been observed by astronomers. It was thought to be
MessageToEagle.com – Just as in ancient Egypt, music played a very important role in Assyria and Babylonia. While the Egyptians believed that music was the voice of god,
MessageToEagle.com – On Dec 12, 627 AD, the Battle of Nineveh was fought between the forces of the Byzantine Empire, under the Emperor Haraclius, and those of the
MessageToEagle.com – The Ming Tombs (“Ming Thirteen Mausoleums”) are a collection of imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over an area of forty square kilometers in Changping District
MessageToEagle.com – On December 11, 1792, King Louis XVI of France was put on trial for treason by the National Convention. Louis XVI (also known as Louis Capet)
MessageToEagle.com – A 1,500-year-old golden amulet with a runic inscription have been found in a field at Magletving on Lolland by a father and his two sons. “It is
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Only fragmentary but still very interesting Babylonian myth tells the story of a gigantic bird with a lion’s head, whose flapping wings were
MessageToEagle.com – On December 10, 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is considered the world’s most translated document according to the Guinness
MessageToEagle.com – Largest and best preserved ancient Inca ruins in Ecuador are located near Cuenca, in the province of Cañar, Ecuador. They are known as Ingapirca (in the
MessageToEagle.com – On December 9, 1824, the Battle of Ayacucho was fought on the high plateau near Ayacucho, Peru. It was one of the Latin-American wars of independence and
