The Aberdeenshire village of Rhynie was ‘once home to [an early medieval] Pictish royal centre with connections stretching across Europe’. Read all about it in the latest AWLOH! open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

The book is beautiful (and very large!)

The Aberdeenshire village of Rhynie was ‘once home to [an early medieval] Pictish royal centre with connections stretching across Europe’. Read all about it in the latest AWLOH! open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

Come visit our Open Day! We're here until 4pm!

A Very Good Boy gives us *all* the poses in front of the Viking Age hunting dog on the Govan Sarcophagus! Thank you, Houdini! 🐕

"Restoration work on the grounds of a Glasgow church which dates back to the 5th century is set to begin." BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... What an exciting project for @govanstones.bsky.social! Do head along to their Open Day today to find out more about their plans and this amazing site.

📰 We're in the news! Work to turn 5th Century church into museum to begin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎪 Prof. Steve and team prep SATURDAY'S free family Spring Archaeology Open Day ⛏️ Will we see you tomorrow for fun, games, archaeology and natural heritage? ⏰️ Saturday 11th of April, 11am-4pm Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland and Glasgow City Heritage Trust for funding!

We're all set up for Saturday's free fun, games, archaeology, and natural heritage exploration family Open Day - See you then! ⏰️ Saturday 11th April, 11am-4pm 🎯 See our archaeologists hunt for lost gravestones 🪦 explore Govan Old's natural heritage, watch medieval tiles being made, and much more!

💥 A Whole Lot of History 💥 📰 Lady Jane Grey - Reclaiming England’s Queen 📰 The Aberdeenshire village that once ruled a Pictish kingdom 📰 Lord of the Ring: Ultra-rare Old English runic finger-ring found open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

💥 A Whole Lot of History 💥 📰 Lady Jane Grey - Reclaiming England’s Queen 📰 The Aberdeenshire village that once ruled a Pictish kingdom 📰 Lord of the Ring: Ultra-rare Old English runic finger-ring found open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

💥 A Whole Lot of History 💥 📰 Lady Jane Grey - Reclaiming England’s Queen 📰 The Aberdeenshire village that once ruled a Pictish kingdom 📰 Lord of the Ring: Ultra-rare Old English runic finger-ring found open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

⚔️ 9th-century sword hilts ⚔️ Left: Eigg, Inner Hebrides, Sco. (copper-alloy, silver, gilt) Right: Søndersø, Jutland, Den. The immense expense of, and status associated with, the swords owned by Scandinavian elites across the Viking world is self evident here. My 📷 NMS | NMD

💥 A Whole Lot of History 💥 📰 Lady Jane Grey - Reclaiming England’s Queen 📰 The Aberdeenshire village that once ruled a Pictish kingdom 📰 Lord of the Ring: Ultra-rare Old English runic finger-ring found open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

⚔️ 9th-century sword hilts ⚔️ Left: Eigg, Inner Hebrides, Sco. (copper-alloy, silver, gilt) Right: Søndersø, Jutland, Den. The immense expense of, and status associated with, the swords owned by Scandinavian elites across the Viking world is self evident here. My 📷 NMS | NMD

Looking for FREE family fun this Saturday? Don't miss our Spring Archaeology Open Day! ⏰️ Sat 11th April, 11am-4pm 🎯 Our archaeologists hunt for lost gravestones 🎯 Medieval Lego competition prize & medieval jewellery crafting for kids 🎯 Stef Baxter makes medieval tiles 🎯 Natural heritage tours

✝️⚡️🔨✝️ This C10th stone mould from Trendgården could produce crosses AND Thor's hammers, giving insight into the religious options available! Notably, the C9th and C10th popularity of Mjǫllnir pendants may have been a Scandinavian response to meeting cross-wearing Christians. My 📷 Nationalmuseet

✝️⚡️🔨✝️ This C10th stone mould from Trendgården could produce crosses AND Thor's hammers, giving insight into the religious options available! Notably, the C9th and C10th popularity of Mjǫllnir pendants may have been a Scandinavian response to meeting cross-wearing Christians. My 📷 Nationalmuseet

📰⛏️💥 We got a double-page spread in Sunday's The National! If you can't access it, why not find out about our most recent early medieval discoveries and the natural heritage of Govan Old THIS SATURDAY - the 11th of April - at our Open Day? (£) www.thenational.scot/news/2599463...

Sunday ☃️ Tuesday 🌞 Slip-Slop-Slap your sun protection on if visiting our 1,500-year-old churchyard before and after seeing the Viking Age Govan Stones in the delightfully cool Govan Old!

📢 Please share, and join us THIS SATURDAY for our archaeology and natural heritage Open Day at Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard, which surrounds the Govan Stones museum. Everything is free to visit and experience, from 11am to 4pm!

A Very Good Girl meets her Viking Age fellow pup on the Govan Sarcophagus hunting scene 🐕 Thank you for visiting, Maggie! 🐶

A Whole Lot of History is BACK on Friday! The trick will be keeping it to a reasonable length, as there have been so many cool history stories and illuminating archaeological finds... As always, though, do let me know if any particular story has caught your eye this week!

A Whole Lot of History is BACK on Friday! The trick will be keeping it to a reasonable length, as there have been so many cool history stories and illuminating archaeological finds... As always, though, do let me know if any particular story has caught your eye this week!

📰⛏️💥 Thanks to Alasdair Ferguson, we got a double-page spread about the latest archaeological discoveries at the Govan Stones in Sunday's The National! Thanks also to Prof. Stephen Driscoll and Dee Manning for helping me get the latest information. (£) www.thenational.scot/news/2599463...

📰⛏️💥 Thanks to Alasdair Ferguson, we got a double-page spread about the latest archaeological discoveries at the Govan Stones in Sunday's The National! Thanks also to Prof. Stephen Driscoll and Dee Manning for helping me get the latest information. (£) www.thenational.scot/news/2599463...

When 10 minutes passes in our 1,500-year-old churchyard ❄️ 🌞 📷 Tom Horne

We're open 11-4 every day until November! 📷 Tom Horne

💍 Viking Age silver 'thistle-brooches' from: Top: Skaill Hoard, Sco. Bottom L: Bohuslän, Tanum, Swe. BR: Lille Karleby Hoard, Den. Copied and adapted across the Viking world, this type of brambled penannular ball brooch seemingly originated in the Irish Sea Region. My 📷 NMS | SHM | NMD

💍 Viking Age silver 'thistle-brooches' from: Top: Skaill Hoard, Sco. Bottom L: Bohuslän, Tanum, Swe. BR: Lille Karleby Hoard, Den. Copied and adapted across the Viking world, this type of brambled penannular ball brooch seemingly originated in the Irish Sea Region. My 📷 NMS | SHM | NMD

🆕️ BREAKING NEWS - A fragment of early medieval carved stone interlace found in 2024 is now on display at the Govan Stones, and you can be one of the first people in over 1,000 years to see it! Thanks to University of Glasgow Archaeology & Clyde Archaeology ⛏️ 📼 Tom Horne

We're having a FREE open day on Saturday 11th of April, 11am-4pm. There will be archaeological survey work, TCV Scotland on biodiversity at Govan Old, crafting for kids, and a Lego competition! Thank you to our funders The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland and Glasgow City Heritage Trust.

The Viking Age 'Christ from Aunslev' filigree gold cross. Dating to the first half of the 10th century, this is the earliest known depiction of Christ from Denmark. It is paralleled closely - down to the rope ligatures - by the silver Birka Crucifix from grave Bj 660. My 📷 @nationalmuseet.dk

Two Viking Age filigree crucifixes from early 10th-century Scandinavia ⤵️ Left: The silver 'Birka Crucifix' from grave Bj 660 on Björkö, Sweden. Right: The gold 'Christ from Aunslev', Denmark. Note: both Christs have rope ligatures attaching them to the Cross. My 📷 #Birka & @nationalmuseet.dk

Two Viking Age filigree crucifixes from early 10th-century Scandinavia ⤵️ Left: The silver 'Birka Crucifix' from grave Bj 660 on Björkö, Sweden. Right: The gold 'Christ from Aunslev', Denmark. Note: both Christs have rope ligatures attaching them to the Cross. My 📷 Birka & Nationalmuseet

Two Viking Age filigree crucifixes from early 10th-century Scandinavia ⤵️ Left: The silver 'Birka Crucifix' from grave Bj 660 on Björkö, Sweden. Right: The gold 'Christ from Aunslev', Denmark. Note: both Christs have rope ligatures attaching them to the Cross. My 📷 Birka & Nationalmuseet

Two Viking Age filigree crucifixes from early 10th-century Scandinavia ⤵️ Left: The silver 'Birka Crucifix' from grave Bj 660 on Björkö, Sweden. Right: The gold 'Christ from Aunslev', Denmark. Note: both Christs have rope ligatures attaching them to the Cross. My 📷 #Birka & @nationalmuseet.dk

💥🛒 NEW in our brilliant wee Viking Age museum shop: Asgard's Govan Rider pendant! You may recognise the horse and rider from the Govan Sarcophagus, which we think dates to the late 9th century and contained the relics of St Constantine, a Pictish king killed by Vikings.

The Viking Age 'Christ from Aunslev' filigree gold cross. Dating to the first half of the 10th century, this is the earliest known depiction of Christ from Denmark. It is paralleled closely - down to the rope ligatures - by the silver Birka Crucifix from grave Bj 660. My 📷 @nationalmuseet.dk

The Viking Age gold 'Tissø Ring', found near Fugledegård on Zealand, Denmark, in 1977. 30 cm in diameter, it weighs over 1.8 kg and dates to around the 10th century. Archaeological investigations of the wider site indicate it was a royal residence. My 📷 @nationalmuseet.dk

Inrap archaeologists in Dijon have discovered a burial pit containing two interlocked skeletons dating to the early 5th century BC. It seems the two adults were deliberately and carefully buried together. A Whole Lot of History: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

The Viking Age gold 'Tissø Ring', found near Fugledegård on Zealand, Denmark, in 1977. 30 cm in diameter, it weighs over 1.8 kg and dates to around the 10th century. Archaeological investigations of the wider site indicate it was a royal residence. My 📷 @nationalmuseet.dk

Inrap archaeologists in Dijon have discovered a burial pit containing two interlocked skeletons dating to the early 5th century BC. It seems the two adults were deliberately and carefully buried together. A Whole Lot of History: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

A cannonball dating to the period of the siege and Battle of the Alamo has been discovered, with the find made the day before the 190th anniversary of the March 1836 engagement between American Texans and Mexican forces. 📰 A Whole Lot of History: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

🏛 Analysis of ash from incense burners found at Pompeii and Boscoreale has revealed that frankincense from India or sub-Saharan Africa was burned alongside wine, demonstrating the global trade networks underpinning Roman religious practice. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

A project on the Book of Kells - the illuminated manuscript dating to c. AD 800 considered by most to be from Columban Iona - is seeking to test the hypothesis that it was actually produced by Pictish monks in Portmahomack, near Inverness. A Whole Lot of History: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

Love this kind of data!!! 🤌✨

A project on the Book of Kells - the illuminated manuscript dating to c. AD 800 considered by most to be from Columban Iona - is seeking to test the hypothesis that it was actually produced by Pictish monks in Portmahomack, near Inverness. A Whole Lot of History: open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

What a fabulous thing to know and be able to demonstrate!

🏛 Analysis of ash from incense burners found at Pompeii and Boscoreale has revealed that frankincense from India or sub-Saharan Africa was burned alongside wine, demonstrating the global trade networks underpinning Roman religious practice. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/historyh...