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“Lion of the North” Gustavus Adolphus and the Thirty Years’ War: Fighting the Holy Roman Empire – Part I
... of Habsburg, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Hungary and Bohemia with his court dwarf. ( Public Domain ) ...
Cam Rea - 01/12/2016 - 13:59
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Hydrologic Engineering Marvels Hidden in History
... the Xerxes Canal. Military mapping authority of Austria-Hungary ( Public Domain ) Xerxes’ Canal was a navigable ...
ashley cowie - 15/06/2020 - 19:13
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Gorsium Archaeological Park: Once A Thriving Roman City Forgotten For Centuries
... One Roman mile (1,620 yards) from the village of Tác in Hungary, stand the ruins of a settlement dominated by Roman ... destroyed for the last time during the Turkish invasion of Hungary during the 16 th century and thereafter lay forgotten ... MH. Princeton, N.J. 1976: GORSIUM later HERCULIA Hungary . Princeton University Press. Available at: ...
Michelle Freson - 23/08/2018 - 01:59
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Green-Boned Baby Clasps A Copper Ticket to The Afterlife
... found in a cemetery at Nyárlőrinc, a village in southern Hungary. They contained a unique set of bones. In 2005, Dr. ... found in a cemetery at Nyárlőrinc, a village in southern Hungary. They contained a unique set of bones. In 2005, Dr. ...
ashley cowie - 27/05/2018 - 13:56
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Crowning Glory Long Gone: Recalling the Regalia of Polish Kings
... Wawel Cathedral. However, 40 years later, King Louis I of Hungary took all of the treasures to Hungary, where they stayed until 1412. When the Jagiellons ... related to the Jagiellons and Vasas are located in Sweden, Hungary, and Italy. Top image: Replicas of the Crown of ...
Natalia Klimczak - 23/09/2016 - 00:48
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Medieval Ring Found in Robin Hood’s Forest May Net a Small Fortune
... side depicts a female saint, probably Saint Elizabeth of Hungary . Both figures are engraved into the gold of the ... depictions of the infant Christ and of St. Elizabeth of Hungary evoking the age of faith, epitomising the late ...
Mark Miller - 16/11/2019 - 22:11
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Early Intermingling Helped Boost Copper Age European Progress
... the Black Sea”. Copper Ax from the Middle Copper Age of Hungary c 3500-2799, the "Baden Culture". Implement at the ...
ashley cowie - 19/07/2023 - 22:58
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The Teutonic Order: How a Hospice for Pilgrims Turned into a Legion of Crusaders
... the Northern Crusades. In 1211, Andrew II, the King of Hungary, invited a group of Teutonic Knights to defend his ... expelled in 1225. Under the Sovereignty of the Pope From Hungary, the Teutonic Knights moved to the Baltic, where a ... But the grandmaster had also learned from his mistake in Hungary and took precaution to prevent its repetition. ...
dhwty - 30/12/2018 - 18:44
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Over 120 Child Remains Found in Jars in Inner Mongolia
... in Inner Mongolia. In July scientists in Budapest, Hungary unveiled urns from between 2200 BC and 1450 BC that ... the largest Middle Bronze Age urn cemeteries in Central Hungary, located to the south of Budapest. ( PLoS ONE ) There ...
Sahir - 28/11/2021 - 17:57
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Miracles and a Thief: Lifting the Lid on the Legendary Chest of Saint Simeon
... rests in peace in this chest, commissioned by the Queen of Hungary, mighty, glorious and majestic Elizabeth the Younger, ... Croatia. ( Public Domain ) When Queen Elizabeth of Bosnia, Hungary, and Croatia arrived in Zadar in 1371, she went to ...
Natalia Klimczak - 04/12/2016 - 14:52
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Vlad the Impaler: The Real Count Dracula?
... was an order of chivalry founded by Sigismund, the King of Hungary, for the defense of Christianity in Eastern Europe ... was well-known, for example, in one letter to King of Hungary, Vlad Dracul allegedly “boasted that he had taken ...
dhwty - 17/07/2020 - 22:01
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Sacred Defense in the Middle Ages: Transylvanian Fortified Churches
... medieval rulers. Notably, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, a medieval realm that existed roughly from 1000 AD ... in the 12th century AD, on the orders of the Kings of Hungary. These Saxon colonists had a privileged status within ... erected by the Saxons during the time of the Kingdom of Hungary , around 1224 AD. Originally - and for a short while ...
Aleksa Vučković - 05/01/2022 - 01:00
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27 Pounds of Copper Age Axe and Hammer Heads is the Largest European Hoard of its Kind
... Copper Axes. These are from the Middle Copper Age in Hungary (c. 3500-2799) by the "Baden Culture". They are at ...
Ed Whelan - 12/01/2019 - 12:26
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Before They Were Divination Tools, Tarot Decks Were Playing Cards
... to various other European countries, including Denmark, Hungary, France, Germany and Austria, where games involving ... it is still played in countries like Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. French Tarot, on the other ...
dhwty - 21/03/2023 - 00:53
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Neo-Romans Revive Classical Worship Ceremonies at New Iuppiter Perunus Temple
... the ruins of Aquincum, the modern city of Budapest, Hungary, during the Roman festival of Floralia, organized by ...
Caleb Strom - 30/08/2018 - 18:49
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Top 10 Mysterious Ancient Manuscripts and Inscriptions Yet to be Deciphered
... a mysterious text believed to originate from 16th-century Hungary, presents an intriguing puzzle that continues to ... in the 19th century in Rohonc, a town in present-day Hungary, consists of 448 pages containing a combination of ...
Aleksa Vučković - 16/12/2023 - 13:54
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Thunder Clap and Lightning Strike! Conquering the World, and the Battle of Ankara – Part 1
... sent messengers, as well did the King Sigismund of Hungary, to Venice and Paris to lobby for a new crusade that ... European nations responded by sending troops. The king of Hungary (future Holy Roman Emperor) led this large crusading ...
Cam Rea - 29/05/2017 - 14:58
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Legendary Black Knights: Mysterious Medieval Entities of Neutrality
... A statue of the Anonymous One, Il Separatio, Budapest, Hungary. ( Vajdahunyad Castle ) Ashor’s wounds had been ...
valdar - 13/07/2019 - 20:54
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Golubac Fortress: The Best Preserved Medieval Fortress in Europe
... to the hands of the Hungarians. In that year, the King of Hungary, Sigismund, is recorded to have ceded the fortress to ... this fortress in their possession, the Ottomans became Hungary’s immediate neighbor across the Danube. This, in ...
dhwty - 29/02/2016 - 03:45
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White Skin Developed in Europe Only As Recently as 8,000 Years Ago Say Anthropologists
... ago, early hunter-gatherers in Spain, Luxembourg, and Hungary also had darker skin: They lacked versions of two ...
lizleafloor - 07/04/2015 - 00:49