MessageToEagle.com – Stone of Destiny is more popularly known as the Stone of Scone. It is an enigmatic block of sandstone, which was used for centuries in the coronation
MessageToEagle.com – King Henry VIII is today often remembered for his many marriages. He also played a critical role in the English Reformation, turning his country into a Protestant
MessageToEagle.com – There are still many un-deciphered ancient scripts scientists try to learn more about. Among them is the mysterious Isthmian script, also been referred to as “epi-Olmec”, based
MessageToEagle.com – The Vikings used a Runic calendar often written on parchment or carved onto staves of wood, bone, or horn. The year was divided into moon phases and the calendar reflected
MessageToEagle.com – During excavations at the Early Mesolithic site at Star Carr in North Yorkshire, an 11,000 year old engraved, small fragile pendant was discovered by a research team
MessageToEagle.com – On August 25, 1939, archaeologists working at a Paleolithic site called Stadelhole (“stable cave”) at Hohlenstein (“hollow rock”) in the Lone valley, southern Germany, uncovered hundreds of
MessageToEagle.com – The Tabula Peutingeriana is a huge, six meters long parchment scroll that depicts the road network of the Roman Empire. It is the only Roman world map
MessageToEagle.com – The Sharkalishharri cylinder seal, as many other similar objects from the Uruk period, is an impressive example of the technical performance and the complex motives presented on
MessageToEagle.com – Located at the National Museum of Scotland, the mysterious Ballachulish figure is a roughly life-sized figure of a female carved from a single piece of alder, with
MessageToEagle.com – In 1985, while walking along the long sandy shore at Scar on the north-western coast of the island of Sanday, a local farmer, the late John Dearness,
Angus Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Herbal medicine was considered complementary medicine in ancient Egypt and it played a key role in society. Ancient Egyptian scrolls document natural herbs
MessageToEagle.com – A strange artifact was found in 1847 in a bog in Balkåkra a village in south of Skåne, near the town Ystad, Sweden. The object suggests some
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – One of the most intriguing ancient documents representing Sumerian literature is the Sumerian King List, produced at the end of the third millennium BC (most
MessageToEagle.com – This artifact is very small. It is only 7 cm (2 3/4 in) high. It is known as the Bimaran Casket and it is made of gold. The artifact, probably
MessageToEagle.com – An impressive marble statue of a ram, an ancient Christian symbol for Jesus, was discovered on Christmas Eve during the excavation of a Byzantine-period church in Caesarea, the
MessageToEagle.com – This amazing lioness-woman sculpture is considered one of the oldest artifacts of Mesopotamia. The so-called ‘Guennol Lioness’ is an Elamite figure believed to have been created
MessageToEagle.com – A rare sculpture of a sphinx dating back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed in a tomb in northwest China. The marble sculpture is well-preserved and dates
MessageToEagle.com – A rare medieval painting depicting Judas’ betrayal of Christ may have survived destruction at the hands of 16th century iconoclasts after being ‘recycled’ to list the Ten
MessageToEagle.com – Recently we reported how archaeologists excavating in China have uncovered eight main tombs and a chariot burial area with walls. The burial site is believed to
MessageToEagle.com – Recent studies strongly suggest that Indian Civilization emerged in the 8th millennium BC and pre-Harappan cultures, which were thoroughly studied, should be rather called as Early Harappan. Asia’s largest and
MessageToEagle.com – A carbon test will be applied to a gilded Bible that was seized last week in Turkey’s northern province of Tokat. The bible, thought to date back
MessageToEagle.com – Underwater archaeologists have returned to the ancient shipwreck of Antikythera to learn more about its luxurious and extravagant artefacts. During the latest dive experts spent a total of
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – One of the earliest and most complete ancient legal codes was proclaimed by the Babylonian king Hammurabi, who reigned from 1792 to 1750
MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have been struggling with this ancient mystery for quite some time and now they need your help to decipher this enigmatic inscription written in an unknown
MessageToEagle.com – Located at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art, the Codex Washingtonianus is the world’s third oldest Bible. It consists of the four Gospels in the so-called Western order
