Head to head: medieval experts clash as Bayeux Tapestry penis row continues https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/28/medieval-experts-clash-as-bayeux-tapestry-penis-row-continues?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #BayeuxTapestry #AngloSaxon
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New discovery links Sutton Hoo helmet to Denmark, not Sweden
A recent archaeological discovery on the Danish island of Tåsinge may challenge decades of theory about the origins of the Sutton Hoo helmet—one of Britain’s most treasured artifacts and often called “Britain’s Tutankhamun.”
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/sutton-hoo-helmet-links-to-denmark/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #anglosaxon #suttonhoo
"For is it not the wish of every man that his son will achieve more in life than he did?"
Spotlight: Oscar's Tale by Chris Bishop - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #Vikings, #HistoricalFiction, #AngloSaxon,
https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/spotlight-oscar-s-tale-by-chris-bishop
I'm welcoming Chris Bishop and his new book, Oscar's Tale, to the blog HistoricalFiction #AngloSaxon #Vikings #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @CBishop_author @cathiedunn @thecoffeepotbookclub
The late Anglo-Saxon west doorway at Holy Trinity Church in Colchester. Dating to the mid-11th century, the doorway incorporates re-used Roman bricks. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #AngloSaxon #Colchester
A burial stone fragment from Anglo-Saxon York with a portrait, possibly a priest. It was found during excavations at York Minster between 1967-72. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #AngloSaxon #York
Decorative detail from the High Toynton Hanging Bowl which was found in 2000 at High Toynton, near Horncastle in Lincolnshire. The bowl is one of several Anglo-Saxon bowls found in Lincolnshire. Now part of the collections at Lincoln Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #AngloSaxon
"A haunting time-slip mystery of runes and romance."
Spotlight: The Rune Stone (Dr DuLac series #3) by Julia Ibbotson - #TheCoffeePotBookClub, #BlogTour, #AngloSaxon, #Historical, #Mystery, #TimeSlip, #TimeTravel, #Romance, available in #KindleUnlimited,
A ghost doorway from the Anglo-Saxon tower of All Saints Church at Earls Barton in Northamptonshire. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #AngloSaxon #EarlsBarton
An incised Anglo-Saxon brooch from the Staffordshire Hoard. The hoard was discovered in 2009 near the village of Hammerwich in Staffordshire. This item is part of the collections at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #AngloSaxon #staffordshire
" ... the chaplain was ready now to capitulate to despair entirely but was restrained by the memory of his wife, whom he loved and missed so pathetically with such sensual and exalted ardor, and by the lifelong trust he had placed in the wisdom and justice of an immortal, omnipotent, omniscient, humane, universal, anthropomorphic, English-speaking, Anglo-Saxon, pro-American God, which had begun to waver.
So many things were testing his faith. There was the Bible, of course, but the Bible was a book, and so were Bleak House, Treasure Island, Ethan Frome and The Last of the Mohicans. Did it then seem probable, as he had once overheard Dunbar ask, that the answers to the riddles of creation would be supplied by people too ignorant to understand the mechanics of rainfall? Had Almighty God, in all His infinite wisdom, really been afraid that men six thousand years ago would succeed in building a tower to heaven? Where the devil was heaven? Was it up? Down? There was no up or down in a finite but expanding universe in which even the vast, burning, dazzling, majestic sun was in a state of progressive decay that would eventually destroy the earth too. There were no miracles; prayers went unanswered, and misfortune tramped with equal brutality on the virtuous and the corrupt; and the chaplain, who had conscience and character, would have yielded to reason and relinquished his belief in the God of his fathers—would truly have resigned both his calling and his commission and taken his chances as a private in the infantry or field artillery, ..."
-- #JosephHeller, Catch-22
#quote #Catch22 #Englishspeaking #AngloSaxon #proAmerican #God
Medieval toilet reveals lost palace of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king
A team of archaeologists has discovered what they believe to be Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon king of England’s, long-lost residence. Their research suggests a house in Bosham, in West Sussex, sits atop the remains of Harold’s one-time grand estate, famously portrayed in the Bayeux Tapestry.
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/lost-palace-of-englands-last-anglo-saxon-king/
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#archaeology #medieval #anglosaxon #KingHarold #bayeuxtapestry
The Kingdom of Sussex probably last existed in 826 CE before being annexed by Wessex. It is now closer than ever to re-emerging as a Unitary council 1200 years later, #WestSussex https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/campaigns/future-of-local-government-in-sussex/ #EastSussex https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/your-council/about/devolution-sussex #BrightonandHove https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/greater-powers-sussex-come-step-closer-government-backing-devolution #AngloSaxon @SussexBylines
I found out about an interesting bit of news this morning.
"Archaeologists Say They’ve Located Harold II’s Lost Manor House"
#anglosaxon #england #englishhistory #archaeology #history #english
Two large logs from Woburn’s Deer Park have been donated to the incredible project of ‘re-building’ the Sutton Hoo longship.
The Ship’s Company, dedicated to creating a permanent and authentic replica of the Anglo-Saxon ship discovered in 1939, is leading this remarkable endeavour. Only the largest logs can be used, as they will be split by hand and hewn into 13" boards to clad the ship's hull.
#SuttonHoo #AngloSaxon #WoburnDeerPark #HistoricReconstruction #Archaeology
I just stumbled upon this
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue67/10/
The Viking Link is an electrical feeder from offshore wind to the national system; there is always rescue archaeology before building projects.
#archaeology #history #Lincolnshire #Fenland #Roman #AngloSaxon #Bicker
French DGA Orders Air-Dropped Acoustic Buoys from Thales for Anti-Submarine Ops
https://www.defensemirror.com/news/38750/French_DGA_Orders_Air_Dropped_Acoustic_Buoys_from_Thales_for_Anti_Submarine_Ops
#French #GeneralDirectorateforArmaments #DGA #SonoFlashacousticbuoys #Thales #FrenchNavy #SonoFlash #agreement #nuclear #ballisticmissile #SNLE #Atlantique2 #NH90CaïmanMarine #rotarywingdrones #AngloSaxon
French DGA Orders Air-Dropped Acoustic Buoys from Thales for Anti-Submarine Ops
https://www.defensemirror.com/news/38750/French_DGA_Orders_Air_Dropped_Acoustic_Buoys_from_Thales_for_Anti_Submarine_Ops
#French #GeneralDirectorateforArmaments #DGA #SonoFlashacousticbuoys #Thales #FrenchNavy #SonoFlash #agreement #nuclear #ballisticmissile #SNLE #Atlantique2 #NH90CaïmanMarine #rotarywingdrones #AngloSaxon
Building at #Bosham, #Sussex, identified as “lost” home of #HaroldGodwinson featured in the #BayeuxTapestry: https://phys.org/news/2025-01-archaeologists-lost-site-depicted-bayeux.html #science #history #archaeology #archeology #norman #AngloSaxon
Our UK correspondent Liz Williams reports on findings suggesting that individuals buried at Sutton Hoo and similar sites may have been soldiers who served in the Byzantine army.
https://wildhunt.org/2025/01/discovery-of-saxon-sword-sheds-new-light-on-british-population.html
#suttonhoo #anglosaxon #archaeology #science #byzantineempire #research
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