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Dr Tom Horne
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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
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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Dr Tom Horne, Viking Archaeologist
Vikings expert • Author & Editor • Podcaster • Archaeology & Museums PR
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 12h
Found in #Viking-Age Gotland, but likely from eastern Europe or the Eastern Roman Empire, this stupendous necklace from Rone has eleven rock crystal spheres in silver settings and ten silver beads, some with filigree decoration.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Rock crystal and silver pendant necklace
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 12h
Found in #Viking-Age Gotland, but likely from eastern Europe or the Eastern Roman Empire, this stupendous necklace from Rone has eleven rock crystal spheres in silver settings and ten silver beads, some with filigree decoration.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Rock crystal and silver pendant necklace
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 1d
The cutest #Viking?

I've highlighted the 'king' piece - with eyes, nose, and crown/hat [?] - in these glass Viking-Age tafl board game pieces from the cemetery of the market site of #Birka, grave Bj 750.

Cf. with the plain (black and turquoise) hemisphere 'pawns'.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Tafl pieces, with 'king' piece highlighted.
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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 1d
🎯 Our #totaliser reaches 83%!

Can YOU help us get over the line?

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Fundraiser target, with £8,255 of £10,000 raised.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 1d
The cutest #Viking?

I've highlighted the 'king' piece - with eyes, nose, and crown/hat [?] - in these glass Viking-Age tafl board game pieces from the cemetery of the market site of #Birka, grave Bj 750.

Cf. with the plain (black and turquoise) hemisphere 'pawns'.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Tafl pieces, with 'king' piece highlighted.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 3d
Probably from an early Viking raid, Jonah and the 'whale' feature on this Insular crozier found on the Swedish island of Helgö in Lake Mälaren, that region's central trade hub and productive site before the rise of Birka on neighbouring Björkö.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Ornate crozier head with Biblical scenes.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 3d
Probably from an early Viking raid, Jonah and the 'whale' feature on this Insular crozier found on the Swedish island of Helgö in Lake Mälaren, that region's central trade hub and productive site before the rise of Birka on neighbouring Björkö.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Ornate crozier head with Biblical scenes.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 4d
A tour of the Govan hogbacks!

Clip 2: The amazing, nay, astonishing time capsule that is Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard.

Extract from my Facebook Live tour for the @govanstones.bsky.social.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 4d
A tour of the Govan hogbacks!

Clip 1: What (on earth) are Viking-Age hogback carved stones?

Extract from my Facebook Live tour for the @govanstones.bsky.social.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 4d
A tour of the Govan hogbacks!

Clip 2: The amazing, nay, astonishing time capsule that is Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard.

Extract from my Facebook Live tour for the @govanstones.bsky.social.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 4d
A tour of the Govan hogbacks!

Clip 1: What (on earth) are Viking-Age hogback carved stones?

Extract from my Facebook Live tour for the @govanstones.bsky.social.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 5d
🎉 📺 🏛 ⛏️ 2,000+ views of the documentary I presented on the Brookside Meadows #Roman villa with its gorgeous painted plaster, probable curse tablets, and (monumentally vast) Aisled Building complex!

I co-produced the film with editor Luke Barry 📽

youtu.be/eohPVq1xirs?...
Roman Documentary | Brookside Meadows: Making Homes for Millennia #romanhistory #history #britain
YouTube video by Rubicon Archaeology Limited
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 6d
Silk Road: The 5/6th-century 'Helgö Buddha' was likely made in Swat in today's Pakistan, but was found on the Swedish island of Helgö in Lake Mälaren, that region's central trade hub and productive site before the rise of Birka on neighbouring Björkö in the Viking Age.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
The Helgö Buddha statuette.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 5d
🎉 📺 🏛 ⛏️ 2,000+ views of the documentary I presented on the Brookside Meadows #Roman villa with its gorgeous painted plaster, probable curse tablets, and (monumentally vast) Aisled Building complex!

I co-produced the film with editor Luke Barry 📽

youtu.be/eohPVq1xirs?...
Roman Documentary | Brookside Meadows: Making Homes for Millennia #romanhistory #history #britain
YouTube video by Rubicon Archaeology Limited
youtu.be
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 6d
Silk Road: The 5/6th-century 'Helgö Buddha' was likely made in Swat in today's Pakistan, but was found on the Swedish island of Helgö in Lake Mälaren, that region's central trade hub and productive site before the rise of Birka on neighbouring Björkö in the Viking Age.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
The Helgö Buddha statuette.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 7d
#Viking-Age tafl board game pieces from Birka grave Bj 523. Made from glass, the 'king' piece is the most prominent, and features prominent black eyes on its head.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Glass tafl gaming pieces, with a larger 'king' piece.
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Robin D. Laws @robindlaws.bsky.social · 7d
These pieces were valuable enough to serve as grave goods because they were from a limited Kickstarter-only edition
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 7d
#Viking-Age tafl board game pieces from Birka grave Bj 523. Made from glass, the 'king' piece is the most prominent, and features prominent black eyes on its head.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Glass tafl gaming pieces, with a larger 'king' piece.
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7d
Love these things. @eblueaxe.bsky.social made us one some years ago emidsvikings.ac.uk/items/reprod...
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 7d
#Viking-Age tafl board game pieces from Birka grave Bj 523. Made from glass, the 'king' piece is the most prominent, and features prominent black eyes on its head.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Glass tafl gaming pieces, with a larger 'king' piece.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 7d
#Viking-Age tafl board game pieces from Birka grave Bj 523. Made from glass, the 'king' piece is the most prominent, and features prominent black eyes on its head.

My 📷 | Ref. Historiska museet
Glass tafl gaming pieces, with a larger 'king' piece.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 8d
📚 Book Review-ed! ✅️
Cover of the book, Life in the Viking Great Army
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 8d
Strathclyde's in this Æthelstan piece, esp. the BRUNANBURH alliance against him.

Should we consider AD 937 the taq for Viking Strathclyde infl., bookending an 870s tpq (Alt Clut / Hálfdan)?

Were, then, the 870s-930s when @govanstones.bsky.social hogbacks were carved?

www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How England misplaced its first king
In his lifetime, the first king of England was renowned throughout Europe. But over the centuries, he has been sidelined by history.
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 8d
Strathclyde's in this Æthelstan piece, esp. the BRUNANBURH alliance against him.

Should we consider AD 937 the taq for Viking Strathclyde infl., bookending an 870s tpq (Alt Clut / Hálfdan)?

Were, then, the 870s-930s when @govanstones.bsky.social hogbacks were carved?

www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How England misplaced its first king
In his lifetime, the first king of England was renowned throughout Europe. But over the centuries, he has been sidelined by history.
www.bbc.com
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 8d
📚 Book Review-ed! ✅️
Cover of the book, Life in the Viking Great Army
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 8d
📚 Book Review-ed! ✅️
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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · Jul 22
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!

drtomhorne.com
Dr Tom Horne, Viking Archaeologist
Vikings expert • Author & Editor • Podcaster • Archaeology & Museums PR
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