Historical Figures Archive

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Palnatoke was a legendary Danish hero and chieftain of the Island of Fyn. According to the Jómsvíkinga saga, Palnatoke founded the Brotherhood of Jomsvikings and established

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An untouched by looters through several millennia, a remarkable, intact tomb was discovered by Leonard Woolley during his excavations at the "Royal Cemetery of

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Erik Haraldsson (885 - 954), nicknamed Eric Bloodaxe, was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler. He is thought to have had short-lived terms as King

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thales of Miletus is counted among the seven sages of ancient Greece. He is considered the father of Greek mathematics, as well as

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tanis (dubbed "Luxor of the North"), an ancient area in the Nile Delta, Egypt, was an early subject of the archaeologists' interest. The city's

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ivar the Boneless was the son of Ragnar Lodbrok, the fearless Sea King. Of all of Ragnar’s children, Ivar the Boneless was the most enigmatic.

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to very ancient poems, Odin's sons, Weldegg, Beldegg, Sigi, Skiold, Sæming, and Yngvi, became kings of Franconia, East Saxony, West Saxony, Sweden, Denmark,

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The mysterious Jomsvikings were no ordinary Viking warriors. They were a fearless Scandinavian warrior-brotherhood. Each fighter must obey the 11 military rules set by

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - There are many stories about the famous Viking Ragnar Lodbrok. He was not an ordinary pirate but a legendary and fearless Sea-King who

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Led by Hattori "the Demon" Hanzo, Shinobi no Mono, the Shadow Warriors of the 16th century were incredible ancient Japanese fighters who became

AncientPages.com - On March 28, 845, Paris was attacked by Vikings under the leadership of Ragnar Lodbrok, (nicknamed ‘Hairy Breeches’, referring to the animal-skin trousers that he wore. One

 Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Was princess Tadukhipa of the ancient Mitanni kingdom the famous Egyptian queen Nefertiti? Today, Nefertiti is remembered as an Egyptian queen renowned for her

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -  He was well-known for his intelligence and wisdom. Imhotep, or "he who comes in peace," was an ancient Egyptian genius and the great

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Sir William Wallace was an outlaw to the Englishmen. To the Scots, he was a brave freedom fighter, a legendary hero. William Wallace

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the 1960s, a fascinating ancient and large seal was discovered by the Old Testament scholar Dr. Marjo Korpel. Scholars assumed that the

Ellen Lloyd  - AncientPages.com - Ancient Egypt is often depicted as an autonomous, stand-alone realm that remained untouched and unaffected by its surrounding African cultures. There is, however, historical

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Emperor Qin Shi Huang's past is still surrounded by a number of unsolved mysteries and controversies. His birth and death remain a great

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The modern world likes to take credit for many technological inventions, but we fail to mention that often many of these “discoveries” are nothing

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - "According to Masonic lore, Enoch was the inventor of writing, "that he taught men the art of building", and that, before the flood,

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This article is not about Lucifer or the Antichrist. It is about a good compassionate man who was born at the same time as

Philip Gardiner - AncientPages.com - Most historians place the Arthurian period in the fifth century AD, and so this is where I began my historical journey to find the