Ellen

Amongst rune stones at Arkeologisk museum, UiS in Stavanger, Norway.

‘Archaeodeath’? Suddenly found none other than @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social in our exhibitions in Stavanger, what an amazing surprise! Great meeting and talking with you Dr Williams.

Master of baths, yes they always wash up nicely!

ASMR - unfortunately a picture not a video

Archaeoducks in mud action ~ the search for ancient worms is rewarding yet exhausting. Important with snoozing breaks and reflections for upcoming digging sites. 🪱⛏️🦆

Rebooting 🤖 Giving a shout out to @pacificmichael.bsky.social who visited Stavanger and the museum recently! Hearing ‘Are you Ellen from Twitter’ reminder me of the good vibes SoMe can have & people I have connected to. Had a break, mostly because the weather’s been so nice. Duck post on the way 🦆

Cover of a book held in hand, with intricate gold detailing

Spine of book held in hand, with gold details

Title page of book, with intricate borders in gold, blue and red

Example of detailed borders inside the book, this one in gold

There’s only a small piece of text on each page of this book, just enough to fill the space left by its intricate borders. ‘The Prism of Imagination’ was written by the Baroness de Calabrella and published in 1844.
[PC 823.89 CAL]

Little fella chilling at the Iron Age Farm 💕

Happy Easter 🌻🪿

A peregrine perched on the North West tower of
yorkminster.bsky.social today after evensong. It popped off shortly after this around the central tower and away.

#York #YorkUK #photo #photography

A round display case with numerous wooden runic objects, mainly whittled sticks of varying size and shape.

Squeezed in a visit to Bryggens Museum to see some good old friends. So lucky to have had the chance to get to know all of them on a personal basis during the years spent in #Bergen. #runology

Do not disturb ☀️ Zzzzzz #siesta

How lovely, Bergen is very nice!

Medieval window appreciation

Coltsfoot and frogspawn, light until nine in the evening already, how I’ve longed for this time after winter darkness. This, is such a wonderful time 🌼🐸💚☀️

#photography #nikon #sunset #lofoten #norway #norge #seascape

Weather forcast for Stavanger this week is sunny, with a chance to glimps medieval dressed museum educators in the heart of the city. We are teaching pupils about the early history of Stavanger as a medieval city by visiting historical places around the Cathedral. Pigeons included. #outdooreducation

Sola ruin church. Two modern bauta commemorate Astrid and Erling Skjalgsson, end of the Viking Age. Erling was a Christian Viking, a stave church likely stod her before the stone church. Archaeological graves tell of a large farm on the land here (Sola, outside Stavanger) by the North Sea. #norway

Cover of Ghosts behind glass book with a Carolina parakeet specimen under a bell jar

Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums coming your way in October 2025.

Only $20 in paperback for a full color book with 80 pictures!
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The boat during the excavation

The Oseberg Viking mound was excavated in Norway in Tønsberg in Vestfold in 1904-1905. The mound was 44 metres in diameter and 2.5 metres high. The ship was built c. AD 820, of oak with deck & mast of pine. In AD 834 two wealthy women were buried with 15 horses . #TombTuesday

My painting WISCONSIN FARM

Thrilled to see this announcement! Now I don’t have to keep my involvement secret anymore. The Royal Mail are amazing to work with!

Happy Equinox

Verdas mest berømte sjakkbrikker til Trondheim: – No kjem dei heim ­

Om du er i Trondheim eller omegn: Kom deg på museet!!!
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When the fog comes in #magic

Hooded crows preening each other 🖤

What

Happy International women’s day ~ talked about women in the Viking Age for todays day. One of them was the mighty Volve, a sorcerous, once a respected role of women of age. The new religion Christianity forbade magic, a fall for strong women. The local Queen of Gausel (painting) had a Volve staff.

Doing a Clark Kent aka Viking change after a collaborate museum event with a tour to several museums for women’s day marking about women’s history. Changing time periods is my super power.

Long eared owl clapping in flight as he hunts over the buttercup fields.

© 📸 driver.david
#Owl #Birds

Spring is finally here! The big toads are back in the garden again 🐸💚

Move to Stavanger in 1125!

Stavanger Aftenblad

‘Anno 1125 ~ build the city’ is very popular, wonderful to see visitors enjoy and create mini-people and build houses. Medieval Stavanger city is expanding! #anno1125 #museum #stavanger

About time to clear up and prep the green house for spring again, of course the ducks have baskets to snug up in for important siestas. We also needed shelter from a sudden hail shower.