MessageToEagle.com – On May 11, 868, the Diamond Sutra was published in northern China. This priceless religious teaching survives as the oldest dated, printed book. The manuscript was one of many discovered in the
MessageToEagle.com – Researchers from the University of Washington have used bubbles trapped in 2.7 billion-year-old rocks to show that air at that time exerted at most half the pressure
MessageToEagle.com – Hittites were one of the most important ancient civilizations of Asia Minor. They ruled the central Anatolian kingdom of Hatti from c. 1900 – 800 BC., and worshiped
MessageToEagle.com – Pluto’s outermost small moon – Hydra – has the surface covered with nearly pristine water ice, according to the new data, which confirms hints that scientists picked
MessageToEagle.com – On 10th May, 28 BC, a sunspot was observed by astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of of theWestern Han Dynasty. China is among the earliest
MessageToEagle.com – Chysauster is located approximately 5 km north of Penzance, in the Penwith District, in southwest Cornwall. It is one of the most interesting examples of the Iron Age
MessageToEagle.com – On May 9 (or about this day), 1265, Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy. He was the Florentine writer, Italy’s national poet, best known for his epic
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Leprechauns are mainly found in Irish folklore. A Leprechaun means in Irish: leipreachán. It is one of the most famous creatures of Irish
MessageToEagle.com – On May 8, 1846, the first battle of the Mexican War was fought at Palo Alto. The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major engagement of
A.Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – The famous Terrace of the Lions on Delos that dates to 3,000 BC, was erected north of the sanctuary of Apollo overlooking the Sacred
MessageToEagle.com – On May 7, 1832, the independence of Greece is recognized by the Treaty of London. In May 1832, Lord Palmerston, who took over as British Foreign Secretary and
MessageToEagle.com – The mass of a supermassive black hole at the center of giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1332 has been precisely measured by a team of astronomers from the
MessageToEagle.com – On May 6, 1527, Rome suffered the worst assault that it had ever known, far worse than anything at the time of the barbarian migrations. Spanish successes
MessageToEagle.com – On May 5, 1821 – Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte – whose empire covered all of Europe – dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the
MessageToEagle.com – The thirteenth-century Mongolian prince, Kublai Khan, was one of the most powerful people in the history of mankind. Kublai Khan was the grandson of the great Mongol
MessageToEagle.com – There is a deeper meaning behind the Vatican City State’s flag. The flag is made up of two fields, vertically divided in half: the yellow half flies
MessageToEagle.com – ‘Tlatoani’ (literally means ‘speaker’, but may be translated into English as “king”), was an official to whom all household heads owed allegiance, respect, and tax obligations. ‘Tlatoani’ had
MessageTo Eagle.com – One of the decisive battles of the Wars of the Roses took place on May 4, 1471. It was the Battle of Tewkesbury, a historic riverside
MessageToEagle.com – Three planets with sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth, orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth, have been discovered by
MessageToEagle.com – Analyses of ancient DNA from prehistoric humans paint a picture of dramatic population change in Europe from 45,000 to 7,000 years ago, according to a new study
MessageToEagle.com – Two millennia ago, horse racing was a very popular spectator sport for people in Turkey. A tablet discovered in central Anatolia shows how the rules for horse
MessageToEagle.com – On May 3, 752, Bird Jaguar IV (also called Yaxun B’alam IV) was a Mayan king from Yaxchilan (modern-day Chiapas), located on the banks of the river Usumacinta, in
MessageToEagle.com – The magnificent Borobudur is the world’s largest Buddhist shrine. It was constructed in the 8th and 9th centuries AD during the reign of the Syailendra Dynasty, a prominent,
MessageToEagle.com – Will a map of the brain be able to decode people’s inner thoughts? Where exactly are the words in your head? Scientists have created an interactive map
MessageToEagle.com – The identity of The Man in the Iron Mask is undoubtedly among the most fascinating historical mysteries. But perhaps it is no longer a mystery. Now, after
