Dr Tom Horne
@hornesupremacy.bsky.social
Early medieval archaeologist | Viking trade PhD (Glas.) | History MA (Oxon) Balliol, Oxford | Author: A Viking Market Kingdom in Ireland and Britain | Co-Ed. / Author: The Viking Age in Scotland | Archaeology & Museum Comms | Govan Stones Museum Assistant
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Dr Tom Horne
@hornesupremacy.bsky.social
· Jul 22
Dr Tom Horne, Viking Archaeologist
Vikings expert • Author & Editor • Podcaster • Archaeology & Museums PR
drtomhorne.com
If you're interested in what I can bring to your publishing house, TV doc, tour company, heritage comms, or social media, please visit my website!
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@lollardfish.bsky.social has set in motion a positive social media trend urging authors to advertise their own book! too often it can feel like we do this too much, but perhaps it is never enough
Anyway, my new book! www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...
Anyway, my new book! www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...
Little Kingdoms
Before England, Wales, and Scotland were created, before Alfred the Great and the Great Viking Army, before even a raid on Lindisfarne, the kingdoms that…
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
@lollardfish.bsky.social has set in motion a positive social media trend urging authors to advertise their own book! too often it can feel like we do this too much, but perhaps it is never enough
Anyway, my new book! www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...
Anyway, my new book! www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...
Map nearly done, so we're proof reading this chap tomorrow! 📚 Read: "Please scan your inboxes for panicked questions!".
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Map nearly done, so we're proof reading this chap tomorrow! 📚 Read: "Please scan your inboxes for panicked questions!".
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
Tatinger ware jug from Birka grave Bj 854.
Tatinger vessels were decorated with tin foil geometric patterns. Imported into Viking-Age Scandinavia from the Carolingian world, they would have been signifiers of high status in contexts such as feasting and burial.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Tatinger vessels were decorated with tin foil geometric patterns. Imported into Viking-Age Scandinavia from the Carolingian world, they would have been signifiers of high status in contexts such as feasting and burial.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tatinger ware jug from Birka grave Bj 854.
Tatinger vessels were decorated with tin foil geometric patterns. Imported into Viking-Age Scandinavia from the Carolingian world, they would have been signifiers of high status in contexts such as feasting and burial.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Tatinger vessels were decorated with tin foil geometric patterns. Imported into Viking-Age Scandinavia from the Carolingian world, they would have been signifiers of high status in contexts such as feasting and burial.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Tatinger ware jug from Birka grave Bj 854.
Tatinger vessels were decorated with tin foil geometric patterns. Imported into Viking-Age Scandinavia from the Carolingian world, they would have been signifiers of high status in contexts such as feasting and burial.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Tatinger vessels were decorated with tin foil geometric patterns. Imported into Viking-Age Scandinavia from the Carolingian world, they would have been signifiers of high status in contexts such as feasting and burial.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tatinger ware jug from Birka grave Bj 854.
Tatinger vessels were decorated with tin foil geometric patterns. Imported into Viking-Age Scandinavia from the Carolingian world, they would have been signifiers of high status in contexts such as feasting and burial.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Tatinger vessels were decorated with tin foil geometric patterns. Imported into Viking-Age Scandinavia from the Carolingian world, they would have been signifiers of high status in contexts such as feasting and burial.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
Glass 'funnel beaker' from #Viking-Age Birka grave Bj 854.
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
Glass 'funnel beaker' from #Viking-Age Birka grave Bj 854.
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Glass 'funnel beaker' from #Viking-Age Birka grave Bj 854.
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Glass 'funnel beaker' from #Viking-Age Birka grave Bj 854.
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Glass 'funnel beaker' from #Viking-Age Birka grave Bj 854.
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
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📚 Foyles, THE actual Foyles, will be selling my Amber Books Treasures of the #Vikings!
The Charing Cross Foyles is one of my favourite spaces in the world, and I recommend losing oneself there for a day at least once.
The Charing Cross Foyles is one of my favourite spaces in the world, and I recommend losing oneself there for a day at least once.
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📚 Foyles, THE actual Foyles, will be selling my Amber Books Treasures of the #Vikings!
The Charing Cross Foyles is one of my favourite spaces in the world, and I recommend losing oneself there for a day at least once.
The Charing Cross Foyles is one of my favourite spaces in the world, and I recommend losing oneself there for a day at least once.
📚 Foyles, THE actual Foyles, will be selling my Amber Books Treasures of the #Vikings!
The Charing Cross Foyles is one of my favourite spaces in the world, and I recommend losing oneself there for a day at least once.
The Charing Cross Foyles is one of my favourite spaces in the world, and I recommend losing oneself there for a day at least once.
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📚 Foyles, THE actual Foyles, will be selling my Amber Books Treasures of the #Vikings!
The Charing Cross Foyles is one of my favourite spaces in the world, and I recommend losing oneself there for a day at least once.
The Charing Cross Foyles is one of my favourite spaces in the world, and I recommend losing oneself there for a day at least once.
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
A Viking-Age funerary Picture Stone from Stånga, Gotland.
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunnbjörn
The scene is difficult to interpret! Can you spot the triquetra / 'valknut'?
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 108188_HST
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunnbjörn
The scene is difficult to interpret! Can you spot the triquetra / 'valknut'?
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 108188_HST
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A Viking-Age funerary Picture Stone from Stånga, Gotland.
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunnbjörn
The scene is difficult to interpret! Can you spot the triquetra / 'valknut'?
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 108188_HST
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunnbjörn
The scene is difficult to interpret! Can you spot the triquetra / 'valknut'?
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 108188_HST
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
Prof. Steve spoke about our 'unique' Sarcophagus in his Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture last night.
Steve is delivering his second lecture tonight at 18:30, which you can see for free in person and online: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
📷 @hornesupremacy.bsky.social
Steve is delivering his second lecture tonight at 18:30, which you can see for free in person and online: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
📷 @hornesupremacy.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Prof. Steve spoke about our 'unique' Sarcophagus in his Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture last night.
Steve is delivering his second lecture tonight at 18:30, which you can see for free in person and online: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
📷 @hornesupremacy.bsky.social
Steve is delivering his second lecture tonight at 18:30, which you can see for free in person and online: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
📷 @hornesupremacy.bsky.social
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THURS 20th & FRI 21st Nov
See Prof. Steve talk about Govan and Glasgow over the last 1,500 years!
Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of UofG Archaeo for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
See Prof. Steve talk about Govan and Glasgow over the last 1,500 years!
Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of UofG Archaeo for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
THURS 20th & FRI 21st Nov
See Prof. Steve talk about Govan and Glasgow over the last 1,500 years!
Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of UofG Archaeo for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
See Prof. Steve talk about Govan and Glasgow over the last 1,500 years!
Stones, Saints, Ships and Slaves: an archaeology for Glasgow 850 - Prof. Driscoll of UofG Archaeo for the 2025 Glasgow Archaeological Society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
The core of the kingdom of the Strathclyde Britons, thanks to Keara Ellen Photography!
www.instagram.com/kearaellen
www.instagram.com/kearaellen
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The core of the kingdom of the Strathclyde Britons, thanks to Keara Ellen Photography!
www.instagram.com/kearaellen
www.instagram.com/kearaellen
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
1,500 years old and not looking too bad at all.
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
1,500 years old and not looking too bad at all.
A Viking-Age funerary Picture Stone from Stånga, Gotland.
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunnbjörn
The scene is difficult to interpret! Can you spot the triquetra / 'valknut'?
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 108188_HST
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunnbjörn
The scene is difficult to interpret! Can you spot the triquetra / 'valknut'?
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 108188_HST
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A Viking-Age funerary Picture Stone from Stånga, Gotland.
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunnbjörn
The scene is difficult to interpret! Can you spot the triquetra / 'valknut'?
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 108188_HST
: roþuisl : aug : farborn : auk : kunborn :
Rodvisl and Farbjörn and Gunnbjörn
The scene is difficult to interpret! Can you spot the triquetra / 'valknut'?
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 108188_HST
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
Xmas presents sorted! #medievalsky
It's very cool to see Barnes and Noble listing my upcoming book, Treasures of the Vikings, on the US book market! 🇺🇲 📚
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Xmas presents sorted! #medievalsky
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
It's very cool to see Barnes and Noble listing my upcoming book, Treasures of the Vikings, on the US book market! 🇺🇲 📚
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's very cool to see Barnes and Noble listing my upcoming book, Treasures of the Vikings, on the US book market! 🇺🇲 📚
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
It seems the profits and logistical needs of slaving drove Viking economies, possibly providing much of the foundational logic behind the creation and expansion of vast long-distance trade networks.
📷 clockwise:
Shackles from Birka & Skedala
Neck shackle, Birka
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
📷 clockwise:
Shackles from Birka & Skedala
Neck shackle, Birka
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It seems the profits and logistical needs of slaving drove Viking economies, possibly providing much of the foundational logic behind the creation and expansion of vast long-distance trade networks.
📷 clockwise:
Shackles from Birka & Skedala
Neck shackle, Birka
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
📷 clockwise:
Shackles from Birka & Skedala
Neck shackle, Birka
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
It seems the profits and logistical needs of slaving drove Viking economies, possibly providing much of the foundational logic behind the creation and expansion of vast long-distance trade networks.
📷 clockwise:
Shackles from Birka & Skedala
Neck shackle, Birka
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
📷 clockwise:
Shackles from Birka & Skedala
Neck shackle, Birka
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It seems the profits and logistical needs of slaving drove Viking economies, possibly providing much of the foundational logic behind the creation and expansion of vast long-distance trade networks.
📷 clockwise:
Shackles from Birka & Skedala
Neck shackle, Birka
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
📷 clockwise:
Shackles from Birka & Skedala
Neck shackle, Birka
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
It's very cool to see Barnes and Noble listing my upcoming book, Treasures of the Vikings, on the US book market! 🇺🇲 📚
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It's very cool to see Barnes and Noble listing my upcoming book, Treasures of the Vikings, on the US book market! 🇺🇲 📚
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
Bought in the Oxfam shop today. Ring any bells @hornesupremacy.bsky.social @govanstones.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Bought in the Oxfam shop today. Ring any bells @hornesupremacy.bsky.social @govanstones.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
A year; well that has flown by! #vikings
One year on from my epic chat about all things Viking-Age silver and #Viking money with the legend that is Adam Parsons!
(Dirhams were mentioned)
🎙 @eblueaxe.bsky.social
youtu.be/D-ISsg-DBmE?...
(Dirhams were mentioned)
🎙 @eblueaxe.bsky.social
youtu.be/D-ISsg-DBmE?...
The Power of Silver in the Viking Age with Dr Tom Horne
YouTube video by Blueaxe Reproductions
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A year; well that has flown by! #vikings
One year on from my epic chat about all things Viking-Age silver and #Viking money with the legend that is Adam Parsons!
(Dirhams were mentioned)
🎙 @eblueaxe.bsky.social
youtu.be/D-ISsg-DBmE?...
(Dirhams were mentioned)
🎙 @eblueaxe.bsky.social
youtu.be/D-ISsg-DBmE?...
The Power of Silver in the Viking Age with Dr Tom Horne
YouTube video by Blueaxe Reproductions
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
One year on from my epic chat about all things Viking-Age silver and #Viking money with the legend that is Adam Parsons!
(Dirhams were mentioned)
🎙 @eblueaxe.bsky.social
youtu.be/D-ISsg-DBmE?...
(Dirhams were mentioned)
🎙 @eblueaxe.bsky.social
youtu.be/D-ISsg-DBmE?...
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
📚 📺 To celebrate the upcoming launch of @alexharvv.bsky.social's Little Kingdoms: An A-Z of Early Medieval Britain, why not watch the chat we had about Alex's research on the Govan Early Medieval Podcast!
Published on the 30th of Nov, 2025, by Pen and Sword Books.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUm...
Published on the 30th of Nov, 2025, by Pen and Sword Books.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUm...
Alex Harvey: Sensational Early Medievalist
YouTube video by Dr Tom Horne
m.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
📚 📺 To celebrate the upcoming launch of @alexharvv.bsky.social's Little Kingdoms: An A-Z of Early Medieval Britain, why not watch the chat we had about Alex's research on the Govan Early Medieval Podcast!
Published on the 30th of Nov, 2025, by Pen and Sword Books.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUm...
Published on the 30th of Nov, 2025, by Pen and Sword Books.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUm...
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
Silver anthropro/zoomorphic pendant from a #Viking-Age grave in Aska, Sweden.
What looks like a helmet is a bird gripping the moustachioed man's head, with the bird's beak acting as the nose guard.
The gripping beast was a leitmotif of VA Scandinavian art.
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 106604_HST
What looks like a helmet is a bird gripping the moustachioed man's head, with the bird's beak acting as the nose guard.
The gripping beast was a leitmotif of VA Scandinavian art.
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 106604_HST
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Silver anthropro/zoomorphic pendant from a #Viking-Age grave in Aska, Sweden.
What looks like a helmet is a bird gripping the moustachioed man's head, with the bird's beak acting as the nose guard.
The gripping beast was a leitmotif of VA Scandinavian art.
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 106604_HST
What looks like a helmet is a bird gripping the moustachioed man's head, with the bird's beak acting as the nose guard.
The gripping beast was a leitmotif of VA Scandinavian art.
My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet 106604_HST