The Govan Stones 🛡👑
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Viking-Age sculpture collection from early medieval Strathclyde in Govan Old. Closed for winter ❄️ Email [email protected] for free winter tours!
Glasgow G51 3UU, Scotland
Joined May 2012
🗣📹📼 Watch the recordings of Prof. Steve's Dalrymple Lectures! Glasgow Archaeological Society Either click FOLLOW THIS LINK here: https://t.co/YwbeeGv5ij Or, this link should take you to the recordings of both lectures: https://t.co/7ge73zuYz2
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I went up beautiful Dunadd hillfort, political and cultural centre of the early medieval Scots of Dàl Riata, in somewhat less than beautiful weather to tell you about my new @SubstackInc x @HistoryHit newsletter, A Whole Lot of History! Subscribe here! https://t.co/6sRZt3hhQZ
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How is SG, a services and finance hub in Asia, supporting the region's corporates and governments in their transition to a low-carbon future?
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A Whole Lot of History - The Twice-Weekly Newsletter about History and Archaeology Worth Getting Cold and Wet (and Up a Cool Hillfort) For.
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Unmissable!
My new project! A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY is a @SubstackInc newsletter, brought to you by @HistoryHit, and written by me. AWLOH curates fascinating history and archaeology stories and media from around the world, and brings them directly to your inbox: https://t.co/pU6ygVtZZS
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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 @historiskamuse
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My new project! A WHOLE LOT OF HISTORY is a @SubstackInc newsletter, brought to you by @HistoryHit, and written by me. AWLOH curates fascinating history and archaeology stories and media from around the world, and brings them directly to your inbox: https://t.co/pU6ygVtZZS
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Prof. Steve spoke about our 'unique' Sarcophagus in his @glasgow_society 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: https://t.co/YwbeeGv5ij 📷 Dr Tom Horne
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🗣📹📼 Watch the recordings of Prof. Steve's Dalrymple Lectures! Glasgow Archaeological Society Either click FOLLOW THIS LINK here: https://t.co/YwbeeGv5ij Or, this link should take you to the recordings of both lectures: https://t.co/7ge73zuYz2
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Prof. Steve spoke about our 'unique' Sarcophagus in his @glasgow_society 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: https://t.co/YwbeeGv5ij 📷 Dr Tom Horne
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THURS 20th & FRI 21st 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 @UofGArchaeo for the 2025 @glasgow_society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
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THURS 20th & FRI 21st 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 @UofGArchaeo for the 2025 @glasgow_society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
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The core of the kingdom of the Strathclyde Britons, thanks to Keara Ellen Photography! https://t.co/iJJk08hkqo
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It seems the profits and logistical needs of slaving drove Viking economies, possibly providing the foundational logic behind the creation and expansion of vast long-distance trade networks. 📷 clockwise: Shackles from Birka & Skedala Neck shackle, Birka My 📷 @historiskamuse
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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) https://t.co/4dxARt365V
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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 📷 @historiskamuse
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A great opportunity to 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 @UofGArchaeo for the 2025 @glasgow_society Dalrymple Lecture Series - FREE online and in person.
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