Yes, I do believe that Rome hosts the capital of three sovereign states:
1. Italy
2. The Vatican
3. Knights of Malta.
Today, we take for granted that the Vatican State is just a small enclave within the city, whereas it has a history of being much large...
Experts are preparing to reveal what the true face of the Egyptian boy king looked like to mark a major exhibition of his funeral treasures in London.
The likeness, created by a t...
Silbury Hill - reopening
The Harrowgate Hoard
A reminder of our Viking past was recently dis...
Italy Police Find Pensioner's 'Museum'
By ROBIN POMEROY, Oct. 22, 2007
Officers from Italy's financial police sit in front of a table of artifacts seized from a pensioner ...
The Harrogate hoard is an undisturbed tenth-century Viking hoard of over 617 silver coins and other items. The hoard was discovered in 2007 near the town of Harrogate in North...
Building work has been going on to stabilise the ancient monument of Silbury Hill in Wiltshire for six months but before sealing up the tunnel, media were allowed inside it.
[img]http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44195000/jpg/_44195168_workman_416pa...
Thank you Bart. That movie is the most concise history I have seen for this region.
(BTW swf is a flash movie.)
The Vatican State has its own army:
Military of the Vatican
While the Swiss Guard is the most famous military unit in the service of the Vatican City, historically a number of other un...
WHO WERE THE PILGRIMS ?
COLUMBUS
When Columbus sailed into the unknown
It was not to prove that the earth was round.
He wished to find a sea route to Asia
Where gold, jewels and spices were to be found.
Columbus was born in 1451
And was the ...
