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New Medieval Books: The Vikings in Poland - Medievalists.net Drawing on a wide range of archaeological evidence, this book offers a detailed reconstruction of the Norse presence in the region of present-day Poland. It sheds new light on their material culture,…

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The Byzantine fleet burns the ships of Thomas the Rebel in Constantinople using the famous "Greek fire." Byzantine illuminator (A1) (f. 34v).

Teaching Byzantium, Constantinople, and the Arab Conquests in the 7th century CE today in my history of the Ancient and Medieval Middle East class today, which means it is Greek Fire day. And I can introduce everyone to the Madrid Skylitzes by Ἰωάννης Σκυλίτζης. www.bne.es/sites/defaul...

A mound on a small Norwegian island contains a pre-Viking-era ship burial that matches the Sutton Hoo graves in England in age Beneath a huge mound of earth measuring 62 meters in diameter and more than 12 meters in its original height, on the small island of Leka, off the Norwegian coast, a team of archaeologists discovered…

📰 Pre-Viking-Age ship burial in Norway is one of the oldest in Scandinavia, providing a chronological bridge between earlier English ship burials, such as Sutton Hoo, and later Viking ones

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @labrujulaverde.bsky.social

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Erfan Tahmasbi - Khodahafez ( عرفان طهماسبی - خداحافظ ) YouTube video by Persian Music Group

Den kører også på repeat herhjemme. Fruen her forsøger at lære lyrikken og nynner den, selv når jeg ikke spiller den.
Her er den fra kunstneren selv.

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کاور آهنگ خداحافظ عرفان طهماسبی _ melii YouTube video by Melika Javanmard

Jeg har i så lang tid været fuldstændig væltet af Khodahafez, som muligvis er den smukkeste sang jeg nogensinde har hørt.

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30 Unpublished Poems From Iconic Greek Philosopher Discovered in Cairo For over two millennia, the philosopher’s poetic work had largely been alluded to in the writings of others.

A 2,000-year-old papyrus fragment, discovered in the archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, reveals 30 previously unpublished verses by Empedocles, a pre-Socratic philosopher of the 5th century BC.

⚔️ 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

Insular mount from Agdenes. Lead models from the Viking Age used for the serial production of cast bronze jewellery have so far been found at only a few sites in Norway.

Maixner, B. (2026). Implications of recent metal detector finds for the interpretation of King Øystein’s Harbour in Agdenes, Norway. Fornvännen, 121(1).
Was this site an important seasonal market place?
#OpenAccess #Archaeology #VikingAge
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Tofigh Daru pharmaceuticals.

Huge explosion in Isfahan, the most historically important city in Iran, the capital of the Buyids, Seljuqs, and the Safavids.

Barbarians!

Eight Centuries at the Furnace: A West African Iron Workshop That Refused to Change New excavations at a 2,400-year-old smelting site in Senegal reveal a metallurgical tradition that held steady for nearly eight hundred years.

A 2,400-year-old iron smelting workshop in Senegal ran for nearly 800 years and barely changed its technique throughout. New research reveals what that kind of continuity looks like in the ground. #Archaeology #AfricanHistory #Archaeometallurgy

Damages to several palaces of the Sa’ad Abad palace complex, the most significant Pahlavi royal buildings, in northern Tehran/Shemiran.

In 2013, the Swedish version of ”Antiques Roadshow” visited Visby.

A man brought this large, unprovenanced pseudo-penannular brooch from the Viking Period for evaluation and after a bit of a debacle it was bought by the state and is now kept by Gotland Museum.

#FindsFriday 🏺

A photo of the Botanical Gardens in Hamburg, showing the road ahead flanked by cherry blossom trees just starting to flower and other greenery. In the background are clouds, with a bright blue sky peeking through.

Nowruz and Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate!

May spring bring hope and strength to us all 🌸💪🏻💚

The Story Of Viking Woodstown Viking Woodstown revealed a vast longphort; surveys show a complex, evolving site. Join us to explore fresh insights into its true nature.

Really looking forward to an evening of Viking chat in Dublinia on Friday, March 27, with @downham.bsky.social!

If you fancy joining us, there's a handful of tickets left:
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#Vikings #Archaeology 🏺 #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Amidst the stench of sulfur & gunpowder, finally some smell of Norouz in this city. At the 11th hour, some shops offering Haft-Sins & springtime goods, & those who can afford it have gotten the urge to shop. There was a rush in front of the fruit seller’s & bowls of samanu being filled to the brim!

Ål Kirke, Oksbøl, Dänemark. Wandmalereien aus dem 12. Jahrhundert.

This headline should be taught in schools: “Iran strikes out at Qatar after critical gas facility hit”.

Iran as the aggressor is clearly identified, but there is no agent for who “hit” the Iranian “critical gas facility” (Israel)! It’s beyond double standard, it’s a clear attempt to erase history.

Help a Refugee Family Pay their Kids’ School Fees By Stephennie Mulder

My Syrian friends fled Assad’s bombs in Syria and are now trying to survive this new nightmare in Lebanon, where over 820 people have been killed in recent weeks.

Normal life matters more than ever. They just want to send their kids to school, and you can help me help them.

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Meet Eleonora Susette The previously unknown sitter of Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom has been identified

There's a great story by Khadra Ahmed about the detective work, incl in the latest Foyer newsletter. readfoyer.com/article/meet...

UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say

What this shows is that Raffael Grossi is a US stooge. Also that Iran had agreed to a 3-5 year pause to enrichment & never enriching to weapons grade. No imminent threat!

But “we regarded Witkoff & Kushner to be Israel assets who dragged the President to a war.”
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Graafwerk legt eeuwenoud schip bloot in Wijk bij Duurstede De datering moet nog plaatsvinden, maar het zou een vikingschip kunnen zijn.

Ship remains recovered during municipal works in Wijk bij Duurstede (erstwhile site of Dorestad). No dating work carried out as of yet, but some outlets already champing at the bit to call this a viking ship.

Good to see 'viking' (mostly) lowercased by both @nieuws.nos.nl and @rtvutrecht.nl, though

Pretty amazing to see The Guardian reporting on my article winning the Medieval Academy of America's Article Prize in Critical Race Studies and on medieval chess' potential to reveal a vision of equality and mutual respect! Link in the first comment.

An elderly woman is evacuated after a strike in Tehran on Monday March 16th.

Photo by Hossein Golyar.

(Via @never_oppressed on X)

Once upon a time someone carved a princess or queen into a brick.

13th century, Sweden.
The Swedish History Museum:
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Mogelijk vikingschip gevonden bij werkzaamheden aan riool in Wijk bij Duurstede Bij graafwerkzaamheden in Wijk bij Duurstede is woensdag een opvallende houten balk gevonden. Mogelijk gaat het om een onderdeel van een vikingschip uit de achtste eeuw.

Excavation in Wijk bij Duurstede, site of the great Carolingian port of Dorestad, have unearthed a large medieval ship's timber. The headline says 'Viking ship' but that's clickbait - the article notes it might be Carolingian or even a medieval kogge. Still, exciting! www.nu.nl/wetenschap/6...

The USraeli terrorists (I am increasingly convinced this is what they are) have started bombing the beautiful Caspian province of Gilan, both Rasht & Anzali, one of the prettiest cities in the country and its only large port on the Caspian coast. This is criminal & has no purpose but destruction.

"What a trap is being set for Donald Trump.

"He either surrenders and allows the Strait of Hormuz to remain shut - in which case this is an epic fail and the regime is in place.

"Or he puts 1000s of marines on the ground - and it becomes a shooting fight."