Murder Archive
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Amy Robsart was only 28 years old at the time of her death. On September 8, 1560, she was found dead with a broken
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Queen Nitocris of ancient Egypt's Sixth Dynasty remains shrouded in mystery. Historians cannot agree whether Nitocris was a historical person or a mythical
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - How frequent was violence in prehistoric human societies? One way to measure this is to look for trauma in prehistoric human remains. For
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Being a Pharaoh in ancient Egypt could be honorable, prestigious, and dangerous. At the end of his rule, everything went wrong for Pharaoh
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Louis Le Prince vanished under mysterious circumstances, but did he willingly decide to hide from the outside world, or was he murdered? Le
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Arsinoe II was an interesting personality in the history of ancient Egypt. She rose to power through dubious means. Historical records show murder, manipulations,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - This time our unexplained story deals with unusual powers of the human mind. It is an event that has puzzled all involved people and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Piecing together what really happened in the life of Pharaoh Ay is not easy for historians. Pharaoh Ay was not as famous as Khufu,
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It was said that she had a nasty habit of interfering with everything. She was outspoken, full of energy, and hot-tempered. Bona Sforza
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - If you are a Queen or King, you’re expected to set a good example for the rest of the population, something many historical rulers
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Every ruler wants his bodyguard to protect him against political opponents, people's wrath, and personal enemies. No wonder Emperor Augustus (predecessor of Julius
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Earlier prevailing pharaohs did not need to defend themselves against their people, but Ramesses III had no choice. A 3,000-year-old papyrus reveals how a
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Civilizations
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1879, the body of a woman was found by workers digging peat turfs at Huldremose, Denmark. Examination of the body revealed the woman
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Historical Figures
AncientPages.com - On January 7, 1131, Canute Lavard (Danish: Knud Lavard) (1096 - 1131) was killed by his cousin Magnus I of Sweden, who saw him as a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - "Can someone make sure I get rid of this troublesome priest?" These were the words the king of England, Henry II shouted out
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