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Psychadelic porn crumpets! Were they good? Had no idea they were over here

This is a wonderful book

3D model of a wooden pillar from the front and sides (both with and without a texture), engraved with a depiction of a human face.

NEW Wooden beam from late 10th-century-AD Ostrów Lednicki, Poland, depicting a human face.
Part of a preserved fortification, it sheds light on the construction of early-medieval defensive fortifications during the formation of the Polish state.

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Super interesting work 👏 👏👏 #archaeology #vikings 🏺

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That might be the case here too. The interesting thing is how different it is to what we saw in Denmark

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I can’t really comment on that given how long my recent article took…

I went to Anglesey last year and spent ages searching the office for this book; I was absolute positive I had it, and it hadn’t even been published yet! Thanks for the reminder!

I have already decided that’s exactly who he is. He kind of has to be

I think we’re still in the hunt, especially if we don’t get beat. Still loads of games left- very hard for anyone to keep a run going for 15 games (as well we know). We might still just stumble over the line if we can turn it around pretty quick

Still not sure whether to give it a go or not. Jessie Buckley is great though - saw her years ago in Branagh’s Winter’s Tale and you could tell she was going places even then

Yes indeed- very likely. But while back home they weren’t averse to a fish stew, it looks like they changed their habits in England

300 pots.

I did actually consider this as a title

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And yes, the Scottish parallel is going to be very interesting. I think there are probably two stories here- one about integration and one about regionality

Thanks Sam! Sorry not to respond but haven’t checked bluesky for ages. Thanks for spreading the word! Happy to chat /answer questions whenever!

Swedish Cinnamon Buns Swedish Cinnamon Buns are not radically different from other cinnamon buns (and do see my Norwegian Cinnamon Buns), but they do diverge in one fundamental way: rather than having the fluffiness of, sa...

It’s Kanelbullens Dag, that’s to say, Cinnamon Bun Day in Sweden. And while I mean no disrespect to Norway and Iceland, who also mark this day, it’s Swedish Cinnamon Buns that are #RecipeOfTheDay!
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Might be interesting for anyone who saw Andy Woods’ @yorkmedieval.bsky.social lecture this week….

The spatiotemporal distribution of human pathogens in ancient Eurasia - Nature Screening shotgun-sequencing data from ancient humans covering 37,000 years of Eurasian history uncovers the widespread presence of ancient bacterial, viral and parasite DNA and zoonotic pathogens coi...

Lots here for Viking folks - new aDNA evidence for several infectious diseases among Viking-Age populations in Scandinavia, including malaria, leprosy and louse-borne relapsing fever.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I’m a bit surprised because Frank never seemed very keen on Eccles. But I reckon we can trust him to sort a decent midfield. And hopefully this means some cash to (very quickly) fix the hole at the back too

Not on your own mate

Buzzing. Absolutely buzzing. #pusb

A photograph showing several fragments of decorative copper-alloy sheet in a museum case. The sheet is pierced, and has been made into an openwork design of wedges and circles.

A wider photograph of the museum case containing the decorative sheet.

Well, I slacked off last week's #FindsFriday as I went to see the Yorkshire Museum's 'Viking North' exhibition (and had a chat with @alexharvv.bsky.social). Apologies for the neglect, but it was glorious :)

A lot of people were talking about this Aldwark find, so I thought we'd look at it today. /1

Aw… 😊

It wasn’t just you! 🤣

Food and cooking in Icelandic literature and law The article looks at the way that cooking and food are discussed in a variety of sagas and medieval legal texts. What can the ways that cooking, foods, cooking equipment and eating are presented in th...

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The Allure of the Foreign. The Social and Cultural Dimension of Imports in Scandinavia in the Viking Age: Viking and Medieval Scandinavia: Vol 14 In this article, I discuss the significance of foreign objects and foreign material culture in Viking-Age Scandinavia. Changes in the use of imported objects as dress accessories show that Scandinavia...

Thanks for the plug! I don’t think my little bit of thinking out loud is worth equal-billing with Aina’s research though! I should also mention Hanna Lovise Aannestad who made similar suggestions about the role of exotics in her PhD, and also in this article; www.brepolsonline.net/doi/10.1484/...