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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December 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
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December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
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⚫️ Late Roman Coin Hoards
⚫️ Rapa Nui Moai Secrets
⚫️ Treasure Galleons
⚫️ Roman Rutland Mosaic
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December 8, 2025 at 3:27 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.
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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A Whole Lot of History - Friday edition!
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It features:
⚫️ Roman sun hats ☀️👒
⚫️ Henry VIII 🤴
⚫️ Viking decapitation 🪓
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December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A Whole Lot of History - Friday edition!
AWLOH for Friday 5th Dec. is out NOW, history and archaeology fans!
It features:
⚫️ Roman sun hats ☀️👒
⚫️ Henry VIII 🤴
⚫️ Viking decapitation 🪓
⚫️ Prohibition 🍺🚫
...and more!
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AWLOH for Friday 5th Dec. is out NOW, history and archaeology fans!
It features:
⚫️ Roman sun hats ☀️👒
⚫️ Henry VIII 🤴
⚫️ Viking decapitation 🪓
⚫️ Prohibition 🍺🚫
...and more!
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A Whole Lot of History for Friday the 5th of December is out NOW, #history and #archaeology fans!
It features:
Roman sun hats ☀️👒
Henry VIII 🤴
Viking decapitation 🪓
Prohibition 🍺🚫
...and more!
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It features:
Roman sun hats ☀️👒
Henry VIII 🤴
Viking decapitation 🪓
Prohibition 🍺🚫
...and more!
Link below ⤵️
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A Whole Lot of History for Friday the 5th of December is out NOW, #history and #archaeology fans!
It features:
Roman sun hats ☀️👒
Henry VIII 🤴
Viking decapitation 🪓
Prohibition 🍺🚫
...and more!
Link below ⤵️
It features:
Roman sun hats ☀️👒
Henry VIII 🤴
Viking decapitation 🪓
Prohibition 🍺🚫
...and more!
Link below ⤵️
I went up beautiful Dunadd hillfort, the political and cultural centre of the early medieval Scots of Dàl Riata, in somewhat less than beautiful weather to tell you about my new #Substack x #HistoryHit newsletter, A Whole Lot of History!
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A Whole Lot of History, the Newsletter
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December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A Whole Lot of History, the Newsletter
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In short, I've curated the most interesting history and archaeology stories of the week, giving links and due promince to the peer-reviewed articles on which they're often based.
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In short, I've curated the most interesting history and archaeology stories of the week, giving links and due promince to the peer-reviewed articles on which they're often based.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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In short, I've curated the most interesting history and archaeology stories of the week, giving links and due promince to the peer-reviewed articles on which they're often based.
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In short, I've curated the most interesting history and archaeology stories of the week, giving links and due promince to the peer-reviewed articles on which they're often based.
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Copper-alloy bullion scales box with runic inscription:
'Djärf acquired from a man from Samland these scales in [...] land. [Semigallia, Latvia?]. And Värmund and inscribed these runes, A bird tore apart the pale thief; People saw how the corpse-cuckoo [raven] swelled'
My 📷 Ref: Historiska museet
'Djärf acquired from a man from Samland these scales in [...] land. [Semigallia, Latvia?]. And Värmund and inscribed these runes, A bird tore apart the pale thief; People saw how the corpse-cuckoo [raven] swelled'
My 📷 Ref: Historiska museet
December 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Copper-alloy bullion scales box with runic inscription:
'Djärf acquired from a man from Samland these scales in [...] land. [Semigallia, Latvia?]. And Värmund and inscribed these runes, A bird tore apart the pale thief; People saw how the corpse-cuckoo [raven] swelled'
My 📷 Ref: Historiska museet
'Djärf acquired from a man from Samland these scales in [...] land. [Semigallia, Latvia?]. And Värmund and inscribed these runes, A bird tore apart the pale thief; People saw how the corpse-cuckoo [raven] swelled'
My 📷 Ref: Historiska museet
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Until 8am on 3rd Dec, get
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Go on a Tolkien-esque journey towards distant lands, dragon ships, and shiny (numismatic) treasures!
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November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Go on a Tolkien-esque journey towards distant lands, dragon ships, and shiny (numismatic) treasures!
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Whalebone plaque and glass 'smoothing stone' from Birka grave Bj 854. The plaque, paralleled at Scar, Orkney, was likely a board for linen preparation, with inclusion in high-status female graves a symbolic nod to prestigious household management roles.
My 📷 Ref Historiska museet
My 📷 Ref Historiska museet
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Whalebone plaque and glass 'smoothing stone' from Birka grave Bj 854. The plaque, paralleled at Scar, Orkney, was likely a board for linen preparation, with inclusion in high-status female graves a symbolic nod to prestigious household management roles.
My 📷 Ref Historiska museet
My 📷 Ref Historiska museet
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!".
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
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
📚 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.
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
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! 🇺🇲 📚
An Irish or British Bucket in Birka 🪣
This wood and copper-alloy pail is of Insular type, but was found in grave Bj 557 next to the market town of Birka.
Although likely from a Viking raid, it could derive from long-distance trade in high-status items.
My 📷 Historiska museet
This wood and copper-alloy pail is of Insular type, but was found in grave Bj 557 next to the market town of Birka.
Although likely from a Viking raid, it could derive from long-distance trade in high-status items.
My 📷 Historiska museet
November 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
An Irish or British Bucket in Birka 🪣
This wood and copper-alloy pail is of Insular type, but was found in grave Bj 557 next to the market town of Birka.
Although likely from a Viking raid, it could derive from long-distance trade in high-status items.
My 📷 Historiska museet
This wood and copper-alloy pail is of Insular type, but was found in grave Bj 557 next to the market town of Birka.
Although likely from a Viking raid, it could derive from long-distance trade in high-status items.
My 📷 Historiska museet
No filter 1,500-year-old churchyard vibes.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
No filter 1,500-year-old churchyard vibes.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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