Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 17h...and a nice photo of the broch of Mousa from roughly the same point of view as in the logo of the Shetland Amenity Trust. 042
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonNeil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 21hAnd Dr Caitlin Ellis, University of Oslo, will discuss Dublin in the later Viking Age. And if you're not a Viking fan, The Dublin Festival of History has a brilliant calendar of more events, talks and tours — always a highlight of the year! dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/events/dublinfestivalofhistory.ieEvents from October 9 – Dublin Festival of History 082
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonTrix @trixranderson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It feels like whack-a-mole reporting these computer-generated 'authors' as they spring up, but at the moment it seems like all we can do. The move from harvesting articles to just plagiarising entire books is less of a creep than a sprint - but keep pushing back. 1116
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026Clearing out stuff; found the map I bought while hiking in southern Greenland almost 30 years ago, looking for Norse remains… A great trip which got even better when the last flight back to Iceland for the season got cancelled and I had to stay another week with all costs covered by Iceland Air… 🥳 280
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Close encounter with the newly found late-medieval bagpiping bear from southern Visby… 2123
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonViking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tomorrow - Open hybrid lecture in Archaeology 🏛️ Prof. David Griffiths (University of Oxford & UHI) "The 'Southern Route' and hidden histories of the Viking Age in the North Atlantic." 📆 1 October 2026, 17-18 UTC 📍 Oddi 206 & Zoom More info, Zoom link and abstract below 176
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Incredibly saddened to read about the passing yesterday of Dr Rena Maguire. A great loss to archaeology and humanity in the greatest sense, in a world where every kind and concerned individual counts acutely… 1183
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonRiksantikvarieämbetet @raa-se.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I ett webbinarium arrangerat av forsknings- och digitaliseringsprojektet RiViH berättar idéhistorikern och författaren Per Widén om boken ”Att skapa en patriotisk historia – hur en grupp aristokrater formade svensk historieskrivning” den 30 september. Läs mer: www.raa.se/evenemang-oc... 021
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026I hereby declare this to be a #TrenchTuesday - an not in just any average trench, but the one out on the isle of Lilla Karlsö where the tragic but very important remains of a young pregnant Mesolithic woman and her child were found earlier this summer below 5 m of mixed deposits and stones. 🥳🏺 0185
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026General elections in Sweden tomorrow. As always, but certainly in light of the latest four years, Orwell is relevant. www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...orwellfoundation.comNotes on Nationalism | The Orwell Foundation"By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled... 111
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonAdrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A Viking-age boatyard on the Isle of Eigg! Watch via National Museums Scotland socials www.instagram.com/reel/DdJXyv9... or old skool text version here www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...nms.ac.ukA Viking Age boatyard on Eigg | National Museums ScotlandTwo oak boat stems dating to 880-1050 AD from the isle of Eigg show the arrival of Scandinavian seafaring technology to Scotland.These rare survivals revea 0133
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonSimon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026From Finland: the largest ever Viking age coin hoard - 4.5 kg, in two birch-bark containers. From Sysmä, north of Lahtis: archaeologists excavated, finding Swedish, English, German coins & dirhams dating it to 1000–1050, a silver ring & a few other small silver objects. fof.se/artikel/reko...fof.seRekordstor vikingatida skatt hittad i Finland | Forskning & FramstegDen rutinerade fornfyndsletaren Kalle Lappinen var förra veckan ute med sin metallsökare i hopp om att hitta spår av ett gravfält från järnåldern i orten … 15922
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonScottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We have reopened funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs! Research Grant Deadline: 1 December 2026! All Other Grants Deadline: 2 November 2026! For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/ 02631
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026On top of the rampart of Gotland’s largest hillfort, Torsburgen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsbur... 1131
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026Do you consider yourself a Viking pop-culture geek? (like me...) - Here's your chance to buy a stylish (and somewhat corroded) cast iron jardiniere from Voss industries, Fredericia; inspired by Gokstad & co... auksjon.nyborgs.no/Event/LotDet... (-and don't mind me, I've got one already 😘) 020
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026'largely Pagan'?! - Who hired a preschooler to write for BBC? 060
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonKasper Junge Wester @veterandrusianer.dk · 03/09/2026Nej. Det er simpelthen ikke os, men jer amerikanere, der skal forstå det, Mike. 69111
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026Wiki Loves Monuments är igång - hjälp till du med, varje bild räknas (flertalet fornlämningar har aldrig fotodokumenterats). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons... Nedan: 2025 års vinnarbild i WLM Sverige, Bohus fästning, Kungälv snett från ovan. (📸: Kateryna Baiduzha, CC BY) #WikiLovesMonuments 031
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonWikimedia UK @wikimediauk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wiki Loves Monuments UK is back, all September. Photograph a listed building or monument near you and help share the UK's heritage with the world. You don't need a castle: the milestone down your road counts too. Free and open to all: www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk 032
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026Massive (18,5 Kg) Viking-period silver deposition found in the vicinity of Rebild on northern Jutland, Denmark! Including rune-inscribed items. 🏺🥳🇩🇰 www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...dr.dkHavearbejde afslører Danmarks største vikingesølvskatDer er tale om et historisk fund på 18,5 kilo, lyder det fra Nordjyske Museer. 0228
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026A - very - special find! It entered the collections of the Historical Museum as no. 4906 - a brooch of "hitherto unknown type" - in 1873, after being found in a burial mound at Hurjom, Ångermanland. But a closer examination clearly show that it's rather the hinged top of a dress pin.🏺 #FindsFriday 082
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026Some public #RakingLightRunology with Magnus Kjellström. (Featuring runestone G 342, runor.raa.se/inscription?...) 0163
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonAlexander Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Brief reminder of our editorial policy 052
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026For those in the UK - or those of us who happens to have some photos of listed buildings and scheduled monuments in the UK... www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk Opens on 1 September! #WikiLovesMonumentswikilovesmonuments.org.ukWelcome - WIKI LOVES MONUMENTS UKWiki Loves Monuments is an international event which takes place every September. The competition brings together amateur and professional photographers alike to capture images of the world's historic... 011
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonRiksantikvarieämbetet @raa-se.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Forskare vid Centrum för biologisk mångfald vid SLU, har tillsammans med Riksantikvarieämbetet och tre andra myndigheter, tagit fram handledningen ”Skötselplanering i inägomark” om hur natur- och kulturmiljövärden i åkrar, ängar och hagar kan bevaras. Läs mer: www.raa.se/nyheter/2026... 032
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonDr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 18/08/2026This story is such a great example of why I love zooarchaeology so much - a single species identification can completely change our understanding of a site and its history. 43710
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonMartin Andersson @martinhist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Två veckor kvar att ansöka om att bli doktorand i agrarhistoria: 036
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026A couple of weeks ago I finally got to visit the broch of Mousa, something I have had on my acute must-do list for +25 years. 🥳🏺 It was fantastic; heavy winds, (heavier) rain and guano stench just added to the experience! #ShetlandSunday 26313
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026Interested in Gotland’s cultural heritage from a somewhat woolly perspective? Here’s a chance to join Red Fox Travels a week in early April. You will be guided by e.g. @erikaaaberg.bsky.social A fabulous opportunity! Read more here ⤵️ www.redfoxtravel.se/2027-gotland...redfoxtravel.se2027: Gotland in English | Red Fox Travel 023
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026…and here it is - or rather was already - in a photo from 1925. 070
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026…took a night out on Stora Karlsö (…in the fishing booth down to the left …) Have a good evening - I will! 0112
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026Will speak about early medieval urban endeavours on Gotland. A part of the lokal medieval festival (Friday, 11:00-12:00) www.gotlandsmuseum.se/event/medelt...gotlandsmuseum.seMedeltidsveckan 2026: Kapplöpningen - kampen om att bygga Gotlands första stad | Gotlands MuseumVi tar oss tillbaka till sen vikingatid och djupdyker i utvecklingen på Gotland, på tröskeln till medeltiden. Fröjel, Västergarn och Visby var under 1000- och 1100-talet alla internationella storhamna... 032
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026TV-spot (in Swedish) on the so-called “Aska mound”, in reality the elevated foundation of a large Merovingian-/Vendel Period hall, partly excavated by e.g. @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy 🏺 www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...svt.seMonica bor och guidar i ett vikingatida maktcentrumDet finns många historiskt märkvärdiga platser i Östergötland. En av de mer märkvärdiga hittas i Aska, några kilometer utanför Vadstena. 041
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026Last week, while hiking along the outer coastline of western Mainland, Shetland, we came upon these ramparts by the base of the Lambigart headland; the innermost being the easiest to spot. Turned out to be registered as a possible promontory fort. www.trove.scot/place/245637 #HillfortsWednesday 🏺 0355
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonLars S. Sørensen @handansken.eurosky.social · 04/08/2026Lyst på at bli kollegaen min? Vi søker: www.finn.no/job/ad/47188...finn.noFeltarkeolog · Stavanger · Rogaland fylkeskommune | FINN JobbVi søker arkeologer til høstens 022
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 03/08/2026Oops… - they still had books in Scotland too… - and sale in the National Museum’s bookstore… 392
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 01/08/2026After visiting the actual findsite, the chapel ruins on St. Ninian’s Isle in Shetland, I had to pop in to have a new look at the actual treasure in Edinburgh… 🏺 (I definitely did prefer the number of people in Shetland to that of central Edinburgh though…🫣) 2203
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026A must for any Viking specialist travelling in Shetland: Viking shield biscuits! 0343
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026A good day out on Bressey and Noos, messing around in boats, brochs and a fabulous landscape… #Shetland 090
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 25/07/2026This one’s for you @helenaullmark.bsky.social - captured at Jarlshof, Shetland, this morning… 1120
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 24/07/2026Newly found stone with runes from a medieval chapel at Sondum in the Faroes (hence I hesitate to refer to it as a rune stone - a grave context appears more likely at present…) 🥳🏺 www.tjodsavnid.fo/greinir/runa...tjodsavnid.foRúnarsteinur funnin í útgrevstri á Sondum á Sandi — TjóðsavniðÍ fornfrøðiliga útgrevstrinum á Sondum á Sandi komu fólk frá Tjóðsavninum í vikuni fram á ein rúnarstein. Rúnarsteinurin lá í gólvinum í einum bygningi, sum er givin fram í fornfrøðiliga útgrevstrinum... 03814
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 24/07/2026…alas, not very compatible with travelling to Shetland… but still! 040
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 13/07/2026Standing some 25 m above sea level on Hoburgen, the last cliff of Gotland, would normally mean that the horizon would be some ~18 Km away - but at 4:50 am this Saturday the Karlsöarna isles, 42 Km to the north where clearly visible… #Mirage 150
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 04/07/2026Professor Evert Baudou, professor in Archaeology at Umeå University (1975–1991 ) north Sweden, has passed, aged 100. 🏺 sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evert_B...sv.wikipedia.orgEvert Baudou – Wikipedia 051
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026Got to handle the scabbard chape from Sör-Amsberg, Dalecarlia, this morning… - God it’s ugly! A copy of a copy. 🤣 #FindsFriday 091
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 29/06/2026- Vacation ✅ - Dalecarlia ✅ - House by Lake Gimmen ✅ - Off (the general) grid ✅ 140
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonFornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026#OpenAccess Hedberg, E. et al. (2026). Geophysical investigation of a plateau at Kugghamn: Ground-penetrating radar survey at Björkö, Sweden. The survey identified two previously unidentified burial mounds. doi.org/10.66449/for... #VikingAge #Medieval #Birka #Georadar #LiDAR #Archaeology 094
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonStockholm University @stockholm-uni.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Är du nyfiken på vad Gotlands unika bildstenar kan berätta om svunna tider? Nu är databasen över närmare 700 kända stenarna klar så de är mer tillgängliga för forskare & allmänhet. @raa-se.bsky.social Läs mer, se film med professor Sigmund Oehrl & sök bland bildstenarna: www.su.se/nyheter/nyhe... 01810