Hans FaberAug 16, 202315 minBarbarians riding to the Capital to claim rights on farmlandThis is not a post about the current agriculture and nitrogen debates between the government in Brussels and farmers in Flanders, Germany...
Hans FaberFeb 19, 20227 minFilmstar Ben-Hur made peace with Frisian raidersWho doesn't know the epic movie Ben-Hur released on the white screen in 1959? A movie in which masculine Hollywood actor, and civil...
Hans FaberNov 21, 202012 minThe Killing Fields, of the CeltsAbout 2,000 years ago, a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-year-old girl, who suffered from scoliosis during her young life, was killed. Her...
Hans FaberNov 15, 202014 minRowing souls of the dead to Britain: the ferryman of SolleveldIn 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 FaberOct 30, 20204 minNotre dame of GrouThe 'First Lady' of the village of Grou in province Friesland, the Netherlands, also named Grytsje of Grou. Archaeologists found her in...
Hans FaberJun 17, 202018 minMake way for the dead!High up in the Swiss Alps, in the region of Bernese Oberland, many men, women, and children have experienced the great horror of dead...
Hans FaberNov 16, 201917 minWeladu the flying blacksmithMaster blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith was kept captive on a small island in the sea and escaped from it...
Hans FaberOct 25, 201921 minGroove is in the HearthThe hearth was, in pre- and early-medieval times, the Holy of Holies. The heart of the family. Where you would lay back and groove....
Hans FaberJul 19, 201939 minThe Abbey of Egmond and the rise of the GerulfingsMonk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the headstrong heathens of Frisia. From the influential...