A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Already three centuries ago (in 1726), John Toland wrote that brochs or the so-called ‘Pictish Towers’ “are apt all over Scotland to make everything
MessageToEagle.com – Currently, the most common view is that dinosaurs first emerged around 237 million years ago on the ancient continent known as Gondwana. A new controversial theory has
MessageToEagle.com – Using 3D scanning technology, a team of experts and amateur archaeologists will study and create a new digital database of mysterious rock carvings left millennia ago by
MessageToEagle.com – A Neolithic standing farmhouse – believed to be one of the oldest in northern Europe – is located on one of Orkney’s smaller isles, Papa Westray, remote
MessageToEagle.com – On February 26, 1935 Watson-Watt and his assistant Arnold Wilkins demonstrated a basic radar system to an observer from the Air Ministry Committee the Detection of Aircraft.
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists in Angus, Scotland have reason to be excited. They have unearthed a 3,000-year-old spearhead embellished with gold. The artifact was used as a weapon and scientists
MessageToEagle.com – Ancient Viking funeral traditions and rituals were very complex. The Vikings had no religion but they had customs, practices and beliefs. As in many other ancient civilizations,
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have found traces of the lost kingdom of Rheged from the Dark Ages. During excavations at the Trusty’s Hill Fort in Galloway, Scotland scientists were initially
MessageToEagle.com – Have you ever heard of a Handsel Monday festival? Most people haven’t. It’s an old Scottish tradition celebrated on the first Monday in the New Year. After
MessageToEagle.com – On December 31, people in Scotland celebrate Hogmanay. It’s a very old tradition and the celebrations continue into the first couple of days of January. Many local
MessageToEagle.com – On December 24, 1165, William I, the second son of Henry of Scotland, Earl of Huntingdon succeeded his brother Malcolm IV as King of Scotland. He
MessageToEagle.com – Robert the Bruce is a Scottish hero who is today remembered for fighting one of the most significant battles in English and Scottish history. Robert I, popularly
MessageToEagle.com – On December 8, 1542, Mary Queen of Scots was born. She represents one of history’s true enigmas. Historians know plenty about what she did and where
MessageToEagle.com – A large Viking treasure has been discovered in a 3,000-year-old grave in Sweden. The treasure was hidden sometime at the end of the Viking Age and consists
MessageToEagle.com – By combining archaeological research with aerial photography and creative visualization technologies, a talented filmmaker has produced stunning recreation of Caterthun Iron Age Forts in the Grampian
MessageToEagle.com – On November 13, 1093, died Malcolm III, King of Scots from 1058 to 1093. Nicknamed Canmore (in Scottish Gaelic: “Great Chief”, Malcolm ruled 35 years and
MessageToEagle.com – On November 10, 1150, the Scottish Dryburgh Abbey was founded and it is believed that construction works continued for most of the following century. Dryburgh Abbey,
MessageToEagle.com – On October 6, 1536, William Tyndale who wanted the Bible to be available yo all people, was burned at the stake. He was an important figure
MessageToEagle.com – On September 25, 1237, the Treaty of York was signed at York between Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland. It confirmed that Northumberland,
MessageToEagle.com – Ever since the 5,000-year-old mysterious Cochno stone was discovered, scientists have been scratching their heads trying to figure out its true meaning. Today, they are not closer
MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have announced they have uncovered fossilized remains of a huge sea monster that once in the past roamed Scottish waters. Known as the Storr Lochs Monster
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists excavating at the Ring on Brodgar on Orkney, Scotland have unearthed a mysterious ancient structure that does not resemble anything else previously found in the area.
MessageToEagle.com – On August 23, 1305, great Scottish hero William Wallace was hanged, drawn and cut into pieces. It was a traitor’s death. On this day William Wallace
MessageToEagle.com – On 22 August 1572, “Earl of Northumberland” Thomas Percy was executed because he was Catholic. Thomas Percy was a Catholic and lived when the Protestant Queen
