Exciting book launch event!! Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October. Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba... (1/2)

Just to add that the conference is fully online, not (per the link below) in Brechin. We look forward to seeing you there!

One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️ More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...

Breaking news: The new, revised, updated Ogham in 3D website is now live: ogham.celt.dias.ie Choose "inscriptions" in the menu.

By the 9th century, ringed pins were a common dress accessory, with Scandinavian designs swiftly altering and adapting the more plain Insular originals. Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social's 2024 article for History Scotland charts this development, and is well worth a read - link below. /5

Pre-orders for Carved in Stone are open!! This book is gorgeous, and I am so grateful to use it (and the artwork!) in my videos. You can pre-order from @stoutstoat.co.uk here: www.stoutstoat.co.uk/carvedinstone Thanks to @archaeonado.bsky.social for the endorsement! 🏺 #archaeology #ArchaeologySky

Glasgow's radical history! Check out this @gbptrust.bsky.social event next week on 'how ordinary Glaswegians took on an arrogant landowner and successfully defended the "liberties of the banks of the Clyde"' Just one of many events for Glasgow Doors Open Days www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harvies-dy...

NEW Britain's economy did not collapse after the #Romans left A new, unbroken timeline of British metal production from the 5th century AD to the present day questions the idea of a post-Roman 'Dark Age'. Strap in for an industrious #AntiquityThread 1/12 🧵 🏺 #Archaeology

Our new exhibition at the castle tells the story of the hillfort better and has some of the artefacts from Alcock's excavation of Alt Clut on display for the first time at the site www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/2528091...

At a breakneck speed of 0.008 knots (or 25cm/min), the Oseberg ship is once again on the move today, for the first time in almost a century.

Excited to speak at the fabulous Wigtown Book Festival this year! Hear how we squeezed the 656-page excavation monograph plus new analysis into a 36-page guidebook. Cold Case Reopened: Whithorn's Origins Explained: 1 October, tickets still available! tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events...

NEW PUBLIC LECTURE PROGRAMME We are delighted to announce our programme of free events taking place in Edinburgh and online. Register now for lectures on colonial histories, the Lords of the Isles, the creation of an illustrated guide to the Picts, and more: www.socantscot.org/upcoming-eve...

Cool stuff by colleagues part 2: Bronze Age hoard from Carnoustie will go on display for the first time in the upcoming exhibition Scotland’s First Warriors (27 Jun 2026 – 17 May 2027) at NMS, on the origins and impact of conflict and warfare in prehistoric Scotland media.nms.ac.uk/news/rare-br...

Cool stuff by colleagues part 1: the legend Fraser Hunter in convo with bestselling author Peter Ross on his new book 'Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland', on the Ballachulish Figure and other icons from the NMS collections. Happens 28 September, tickets still available!

⛏️ Digging our 1,500-year-old churchyard! THIS WEEKEND, University of Glasgow Archaeology and Clyde Archaeology excavate one of the most exciting early medieval sites in Europe, as part of this University of Glasgow field school! 📷 Thanks to Clyde Archaeology for the photographs

Just one of the many interviews, talks and tours I did in the Galloway Hoard last week in Melbourne! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Stumbled on this incredible bit of colonial archaeology wandering through Melbourne. It's a piece of European bottle glass flaked into a scraper by Kulin Nation First Peoples, excavated from the 1855-70 settlement at Wesley Place, now displayed at 130 Lonsdale www.wesleyplace.com.au/content/news...

6 pop-up talks, 3 tours, 6 reels, 4 interviews, a lecture, a Q&A and 100s of new friends at Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard, Melbourne Museum. Exhausted but hopeful for the future of archaeology and museums. Shout out to the kids from Flemington Primary who really know their stuff!!

Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard is now OPEN at Melbourne Museum!! Thrilled for everyone to experience it in person. Head to their website for tickets and events, and I'll be here all weekend for lectures, and pop-up talks in the gallery! museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemus...

📺 My appearance on the Benbecula find of possible AD 950-1100 date for BBC Scotland News for Reporting Scotland - News at Seven! BBC Scotland News source: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... #Archaeology #History #Scotland

Almost ready to launch! Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard opens at Melbourne Museum Friday 29 August and it's looking fantastic

Recommended read: 'Monuments as active cooperation: Crisis, mound construction, and society in Scandinavia in the 6th century AD'. The mound at Raknehaugen, Norway is usually associated with power and hierarchy, but this paper links it to climate crisis: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Recumbents are the most popular grave monument from Govan's 1,500-year-old churchyard, and other examples are also found on Iona. For more on the Iona-Govan link, listen to our Govan Early Medieval Podcast chat with Dr @archaeonado.bsky.social of NMS open.spotify.com/episode/1Cpr...

for those outside the anthro umbrella or North American anthro, U Chicago's anthro program (which enfolds archaeology) is legendary. this is legit shocking and a serious attack on world class cultural scholarship

The Bright Sword is a recommend from me. @levgrossman.com did the impossible: a new Arthurian tale that actually works. Creative anachronism with just enough touchpoints to late Roman/early medieval Britain (including beyond the walls) to make nerds like me happy, plus gratuitous swearing. Glorious

Big news - next week I'll be in Australia to launch the second stop of the Galloway Hoard: Treasures of the Viking Age touring exhibition in Melbourne Museum! Here's just one of the events that still has tickets available!

What GIF pops up when you type your name? Surname edition: I mostly get sportsball people I don't know but also found this one

Thrilled to say the new Whithorn guidebook by me is now available to buy online! A Maldonado 2025. Cold Case Reopened: A Guide to Whithorn’s Early Medieval Archaeology. Whithorn Trust I'll be speaking about it at this year's Wigtown Book Festival - stay tuned! www.whithorn.com/product/whit...

The paper on “Updown Girl”, a fascinating find buried in the supplementary data from Gretzinger et al. 2024, is finally out!

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08... Pleased that this is now out! See the Bedale hoard as part of the Viking North exhibition at York Museum. @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social

Went to visit an old friend in Dunning

Just out - lengthy interview on how I got into archaeology, my PhD research and my experience of working on the Galloway Hoard @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social! ‘O Tesouro de Galloway – entrevista com Adrián Maldonado’, Revista Gilgamesh 2(2) 2025: 15–29. www.revistagilgamesh.com.br/post/gilgame...

When you see one of your books in @blackwelloxford.bsky.social, thanks to a lovely shop assistant! 📖 The Viking Age in Scotland (Eds. Horne, Pierce, Barrowman @edinburghup.bsky.social)

NEW RECORDINGS: Rhind Lectures 2025: Scotland's Place-Names Covering language, archaeology, the church and more, all six recordings from the Rhind Lectures 2025 with Dr Simon Taylor are now available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Sponsored by Ordnance Survey

Just plowed through this miniseries on the stolen - and only partly recovered - Herefordshire Hoard, dated AD 878: Fool's Gold (BBC Radio Wales). Available as a podcast for those outside the UK www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

A really nice review and reflections on the OXO Museo Del Videojuego, Madrid Adrián Maldonado (@almostarch.bsky.social) ... #archaeogaming #archaeology #videogaming almostarchaeology.com/post/7901803...

Beautiful books by @ria.ie! Everything I need for my retirement plans of becoming a scribe in the ancient monastery of Iona.

The OXO Museo del Videojuego, Madrid is a high recommend from me!

Heads up! The brilliant @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social’s Kells book is in Waterstones’ upcoming summer sale. I had the pleasure of engaging with the book when it was being written and it’s splendid - evocative, rigorous, step-changing. Get your copy on preorder at an excellent price! Code: SUMMER25

5 year job in Belfast for a lucky isotope nerd out there - closes Monday though, so do get your skates on

Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework (CVARF) Research Development Officer Archaeology Scotland Salary: £32,373.72 Closing Date: 01/08/25 Location: Central Scotland www.bajr.org/job-ad/cvarf...

New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast! In this episode I visit the @nmireland.bsky.social, where Maeve Sikora & Matthew Seaver discuss the wonderful Words on the Wave exhibition and the incredible Irish manuscripts from the Abbey of St Gall #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #SpéirGhorm

Like I need another excuse to go back for a visit!

A selection of finds from the Viking camp at Aldwark in the collection of NW Heritage CIC. Note the bear face on the left - looks Roman/Byzantine? #medievalsky #york Viking North Exhibition

Clash of cultures: exhibition tells story of when Vikings ruled the north of England www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... #medievalsky

Shape new book on Iona place-names! Tell us what you want to see in a coffee table book and what you'd like to learn. Share your ideas with us here or email us - we want to hear from you! #Iona Pictured: Cobhain Cuildich 'secluded hollow' (also known as The Hermit's Cell)

New light on early medieval reliquaries from Ireland. Some highlights from the incredible @nmireland.bsky.social Words on the Wave exhibition, and one new discovery reported in the fabulous 10th Intl Insular Art conference, Cork

NEW Excavation of a burial mound at the early #medieval cemetery of Nowy Chorów, northern Poland. It contains evidence for both Christian and pagan burial practices, indicating there was not a simple divide between the two at this European cultural crossroads. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Update on ways to see the Galloway Hoard!! First, the incredible wee rock crystal jar will go on display for the first time ever at Kirkcudbright Galleries from 8 November: media.nms.ac.uk/news/prized-...