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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several accounts of the legend about the mythical and highly spectacular submerged city of Ys exist. When reading about this mysterious place, one
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Very sad news is arriving from France. The magnificent cathedral Notre Dame is on fire and 400 firefighters are desperately trying to tackle the massive
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Unlike Helen of Troy, the mythological record surrounding Paris of Troy is quite consistent. We have a fairly good account of his life and
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - No one knows exactly when the statue first appeared in Paris, but it’s believed it was raised in pre-Roman times. Sometime during the 12th
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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. Ragnar, one of
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AncientPages.com - On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. It happened one day after the king was
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AncientPages.com - On 28 Dec 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière brothers presented their first film in Paris. The Lumière brothers, Auguste (1862 -1954) and Louis Jean (1864 -
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AncientPages.com - On November 25, 885, the Vikings laid siege to Paris. The Siege of Paris of 885-86 was part of a Viking in the Kingdom of the West
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AncientPages.com - On October 22, 1797, the first recorded parachute jump from one thousand meters (3,200 feet) above Paris took place by André-Jacques Garnerin. Garnerin releases the balloon
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AncientPages.com - On Aug. 13, 1792, the National Tribunal in Paris formally arrested King Louis XVI of France and the royal family, including Queen Mary Antoinette, the king’s son
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AncientPages.com - On July 28, 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine in Paris, France. Robespierre had dominated the Committee of
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AncientPages.com - On July 14th, 1789, Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops attacked the Paris fortress-prison Bastille. The Bastille, a royal fortress that symbolized the tyranny of the Bourbon
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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
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Beneath the streets of Paris there is a huge underground labyrinth with dark galleries and narrow passages. It’s a gruesome place of great historical
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