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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⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
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⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
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From (long) Ship to Spire! ⛪️
Gilt copper-alloy weather vanes, like this Ringerike-style example from Söderala Church, were seemingly taken from the prows of elite drakkar ships and repurposed as vanes for church spires.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Gilt copper-alloy weather vanes, like this Ringerike-style example from Söderala Church, were seemingly taken from the prows of elite drakkar ships and repurposed as vanes for church spires.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
December 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
From (long) Ship to Spire! ⛪️
Gilt copper-alloy weather vanes, like this Ringerike-style example from Söderala Church, were seemingly taken from the prows of elite drakkar ships and repurposed as vanes for church spires.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
Gilt copper-alloy weather vanes, like this Ringerike-style example from Söderala Church, were seemingly taken from the prows of elite drakkar ships and repurposed as vanes for church spires.
My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet
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💥 The latest A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY is here! 📰
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
💥 The latest A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY is here! 📰
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
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A 'Raven Banner Coin' minted in AD 941-44 for the Dublin-Jórvik Viking king Amlaíb Cuarán, a.k.a.
ANLAF CVNVNC-kunung-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴ
Óláfr kváran Sigtryggsson
Amlaíb mac Sitric
🐦⬛✝️ Does the banner / shipvane include a raven or a cross?
My 📷 Historiska museet (3004628)
ANLAF CVNVNC-kunung-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴ
Óláfr kváran Sigtryggsson
Amlaíb mac Sitric
🐦⬛✝️ Does the banner / shipvane include a raven or a cross?
My 📷 Historiska museet (3004628)
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A 'Raven Banner Coin' minted in AD 941-44 for the Dublin-Jórvik Viking king Amlaíb Cuarán, a.k.a.
ANLAF CVNVNC-kunung-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴ
Óláfr kváran Sigtryggsson
Amlaíb mac Sitric
🐦⬛✝️ Does the banner / shipvane include a raven or a cross?
My 📷 Historiska museet (3004628)
ANLAF CVNVNC-kunung-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴ
Óláfr kváran Sigtryggsson
Amlaíb mac Sitric
🐦⬛✝️ Does the banner / shipvane include a raven or a cross?
My 📷 Historiska museet (3004628)
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
If you love history and archaeology, and want to stay across all the breaking news- this is a must follow.
💥 The latest A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY is here! 📰
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you love history and archaeology, and want to stay across all the breaking news- this is a must follow.
💥 The latest A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY is here! 📰
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
💥 The latest A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY is here! 📰
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
⚫️ Self-healing 'hot-mix' Roman concrete at Pompeii
⚫️ Compiling a Celtic Dictionary (with thanks to Roman curse tablets...)
⚫️ GOLD-inlaid Bronze-Age spearheads from Denmark
⚫️ Ancient Egyptian Cruise Ship
#HistoryHit x #Substack
Link in next post ⤵️
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It's beginning to look a lot like Natolic* at Govan Old, home of the Govan Stones and the Govan Sarcophagus🎄
*Christmas, Brittonic style
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*Christmas, Brittonic style
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December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's beginning to look a lot like Natolic* at Govan Old, home of the Govan Stones and the Govan Sarcophagus🎄
*Christmas, Brittonic style
📷 @hornesupremacy.bsky.social
*Christmas, Brittonic style
📷 @hornesupremacy.bsky.social
A 'Raven Banner Coin' minted in AD 941-44 for the Dublin-Jórvik Viking king Amlaíb Cuarán, a.k.a.
ANLAF CVNVNC-kunung-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴ
Óláfr kváran Sigtryggsson
Amlaíb mac Sitric
🐦⬛✝️ Does the banner / shipvane include a raven or a cross?
My 📷 Historiska museet (3004628)
ANLAF CVNVNC-kunung-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴ
Óláfr kváran Sigtryggsson
Amlaíb mac Sitric
🐦⬛✝️ Does the banner / shipvane include a raven or a cross?
My 📷 Historiska museet (3004628)
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A 'Raven Banner Coin' minted in AD 941-44 for the Dublin-Jórvik Viking king Amlaíb Cuarán, a.k.a.
ANLAF CVNVNC-kunung-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴ
Óláfr kváran Sigtryggsson
Amlaíb mac Sitric
🐦⬛✝️ Does the banner / shipvane include a raven or a cross?
My 📷 Historiska museet (3004628)
ANLAF CVNVNC-kunung-ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚾᚴ
Óláfr kváran Sigtryggsson
Amlaíb mac Sitric
🐦⬛✝️ Does the banner / shipvane include a raven or a cross?
My 📷 Historiska museet (3004628)
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
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December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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📝 I foreground peer-reviewed research wherever I can, so please help by subscribing to this #history and #archaeology Substack newsletter, which is written by me, Dr Tom Horne, and powered by History Hit.
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📝 I foreground peer-reviewed research wherever I can, so please help by subscribing to this #history and #archaeology Substack newsletter, which is written by me, Dr Tom Horne, and powered by History Hit.
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📝 I foreground peer-reviewed research wherever I can, so please help by subscribing to this #history and #archaeology Substack newsletter, which is written by me, Dr Tom Horne, and powered by History Hit.
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📝 I foreground peer-reviewed research wherever I can, so please help by subscribing to this #history and #archaeology Substack newsletter, which is written by me, Dr Tom Horne, and powered by History Hit.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
💥 Monday's A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY is proving popular! 🚀
📝 I foreground peer-reviewed research wherever I can, so please help by subscribing to this #history and #archaeology Substack newsletter, which is written by me, Dr Tom Horne, and powered by History Hit.
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This looks outstanding!
It's always a delight to see the wonderful Lesley Abrams, who taught me at Balliol more years ago than either of us would care to remember, and Rory, Jane, James, Dawn, and Julian are similarly brilliant scholars and communicators.
It's always a delight to see the wonderful Lesley Abrams, who taught me at Balliol more years ago than either of us would care to remember, and Rory, Jane, James, Dawn, and Julian are similarly brilliant scholars and communicators.
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This looks outstanding!
It's always a delight to see the wonderful Lesley Abrams, who taught me at Balliol more years ago than either of us would care to remember, and Rory, Jane, James, Dawn, and Julian are similarly brilliant scholars and communicators.
It's always a delight to see the wonderful Lesley Abrams, who taught me at Balliol more years ago than either of us would care to remember, and Rory, Jane, James, Dawn, and Julian are similarly brilliant scholars and communicators.
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY for Monday the 8th of December is out now!
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack x Me
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack x Me
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY for Monday the 8th of December is out now!
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack x Me
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack x Me
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY for Monday the 8th of December is out now!
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
Monday, 8th December
Roman Coin Hoards in France | Rapa Nui: Moai Construction Secrets Revealed | ‘Holy Grail’ of Spanish Treasure Galleons | D’Oh! Homer Sidelined in Ketton Mosaic
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December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY for Monday the 8th of December is out now!
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY for Monday the 8th of December is out now!
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack x Me
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack x Me
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY for Monday the 8th of December is out now!
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack x Me
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack x Me
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY for Monday the 8th of December is out now!
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
Monday, 8th December
Roman Coin Hoards in France | Rapa Nui: Moai Construction Secrets Revealed | ‘Holy Grail’ of Spanish Treasure Galleons | D’Oh! Homer Sidelined in Ketton Mosaic
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📰 A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY for Monday the 8th of December is out now!
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
#HistoryHit x #Substack
open.substack.com/pub/historyh...
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
This looks outstanding!
It's always a delight to see the wonderful Lesley Abrams, who taught me at Balliol more years ago than either of us would care to remember, and Rory, Jane, James, Dawn, and Julian are similarly brilliant scholars and communicators.
It's always a delight to see the wonderful Lesley Abrams, who taught me at Balliol more years ago than either of us would care to remember, and Rory, Jane, James, Dawn, and Julian are similarly brilliant scholars and communicators.
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This looks outstanding!
It's always a delight to see the wonderful Lesley Abrams, who taught me at Balliol more years ago than either of us would care to remember, and Rory, Jane, James, Dawn, and Julian are similarly brilliant scholars and communicators.
It's always a delight to see the wonderful Lesley Abrams, who taught me at Balliol more years ago than either of us would care to remember, and Rory, Jane, James, Dawn, and Julian are similarly brilliant scholars and communicators.
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
🪙 I based my idea for the logo for A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY on the KAROLUS numismatic monogram, as featured on some Carolingian coinage.
I have been in love with that monogram since I was an undergraduate, so it was cool to give expression to this armour!
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I have been in love with that monogram since I was an undergraduate, so it was cool to give expression to this armour!
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December 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🪙 I based my idea for the logo for A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY on the KAROLUS numismatic monogram, as featured on some Carolingian coinage.
I have been in love with that monogram since I was an undergraduate, so it was cool to give expression to this armour!
historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
I have been in love with that monogram since I was an undergraduate, so it was cool to give expression to this armour!
historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
🪙 I based my idea for the logo for A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY on the KAROLUS numismatic monogram, as featured on some Carolingian coinage.
I have been in love with that monogram since I was an undergraduate, so it was cool to give expression to this armour!
historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
I have been in love with that monogram since I was an undergraduate, so it was cool to give expression to this armour!
historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
Subscribe to A Whole Lot of History
A curated and condensed compilation of the week's most fascinating history and archaeology news. Click to read A Whole Lot of History, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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December 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🪙 I based my idea for the logo for A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY on the KAROLUS numismatic monogram, as featured on some Carolingian coinage.
I have been in love with that monogram since I was an undergraduate, so it was cool to give expression to this armour!
historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
I have been in love with that monogram since I was an undergraduate, so it was cool to give expression to this armour!
historyhit.substack.com/subscribe
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
A Whole Lot of History - The Twice-Weekly Newsletter about History and Archaeology Worth Getting Cold and Wet (and Up a Cool Hillfort) For.
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A Whole Lot of History - The Twice-Weekly Newsletter about History and Archaeology Worth Getting Cold and Wet (and Up a Cool Hillfort) For.
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
I mean, I subscribed. You're turn, now!
December 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I mean, I subscribed. You're turn, now!
A Whole Lot of History - The Twice-Weekly Newsletter about History and Archaeology Worth Getting Cold and Wet (and Up a Cool Hillfort) For.
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A Whole Lot of History - The Twice-Weekly Newsletter about History and Archaeology Worth Getting Cold and Wet (and Up a Cool Hillfort) For.
Reposted by Dr Tom Horne
📰 A Whole Lot of History for Friday the 5th is out NOW, #history and #archaeology fans, featuring Roman sun hats, Henry VIII vs the Pope(s), Viking decapitation, and more!
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Friday, 5th December
The Life (and Death) of Viking Jewellery | Roman Sun Hats in Ancient Egypt | Henry VIII and the ‘Dithering’ Pope(s) | Britain’s Largest Prehistoric Structure Found?
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December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
📰 A Whole Lot of History for Friday the 5th is out NOW, #history and #archaeology fans, featuring Roman sun hats, Henry VIII vs the Pope(s), Viking decapitation, and more!
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