Hans Faber
Filmstar Ben-Hur made peace with Frisian raiders
Who does not know the epic movie Ben-Hur released on the screens in 1959? The movie in which masculine Hollywood actor, and civil rights...
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Hans Faber
- Nov 21, 2020
- 10 min
The Killing Fields, of the Celts
About 2,000 years ago a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-years-old girl, who suffered during her young life from scoliosis, was killed. Her...
Hans Faber
- Nov 15, 2020
- 13 min
Rowing souls of the dead to Britain: the ferryman of Solleveld
In 2004, a unique discovery was made at the early-medieval grave field of Solleveld, just south of the city of The Hague: a boat grave....
Hans Faber
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
Notre dame of Grou
The 'First Lady' of the village of Grou in province Friesland, the Netherlands, also named Grytsje of Grou. Archaeologists found her in...
Hans Faber
- Jun 17, 2020
- 16 min
Make way for the dead!
High in the Swiss Alps in the region Bernese Oberland, many men, women and children have experienced the great horror of dead Frisians...
Hans Faber
- Nov 16, 2019
- 14 min
Weladu the flying blacksmith
Master blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith who was kept captive on a small island in the sea, and escaped...
Hans Faber
- Oct 25, 2019
- 19 min
Groove is in the Hearth
The hearth was in pre- and early-medieval times the holy of holies, the heart of the family. Where you would lay back and groove. Groove...
Hans Faber
- Jul 19, 2019
- 36 min
The Abbey of Egmond and the rise of the Gerulfings
Monk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the headstrong heathens of Frisia. From the influential...
Frans Riemersma
- Oct 27, 2018
- 8 min
Liudger, the first Frisian apostle
Liudger succeeded where other evangelists failed. He finally managed to convert the pagan Frisians to Christianity, because he “spoke...
Hans Faber
- Jul 1, 2018
- 29 min
One of history’s enlightening hikes, that of Bernlef
This post is not about the Westfrisian writer Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937-2012), whose pen-name was Bernlef. Nor is this post about the...
Frans Riemersma
- Jun 9, 2018
- 6 min
Finally, King Redbad made his point in the European Commission - via Facebook
“I can not live without the company of my forefathers”, Redbad said in an interview in 718. In 2018 this sentence caused turmoil in the...
Frans Riemersma
- Dec 28, 2017
- 10 min
The biography of Aldgisl, unplugged
Ever heart of Aldgisl? Even if you did, you probably have a hard time separating fact from fiction. For a fact it is the first king of...
Hans Faber
- Oct 29, 2017
- 6 min
A terp for Choquequirao
Why in heaven’s name should a terp be constructed in the Andes? To be more precise, the location for this terp is at the remote,...
Hans Faber
- Sep 24, 2017
- 23 min
Island Walcheren: once Sodom and Gomorrah of the North Sea
In contrast to the Sunday's rest of today, for centuries island Walcheren was a pagan retreat and safe haven for the Vikings with their...
Hans Faber
- Aug 22, 2017
- 7 min
Celtic-Frisian heritage: There's no dealing with the Wheel of Fortune
Exactly a year ago Hans van der Togt, a former Dutch television presenter of the game show Wheel of Fortune, told in the talk show Pauw abou
Hans Faber
- Apr 17, 2017
- 7 min
How to bury your mother-in-law
Your mother-in-law was probably chasing your tail during life. When she dies, don not think you are free at last. Looking for advice how...