Hans FaberFeb 196 minFilmstar Ben-Hur made peace with Frisian raidersWho does not know the epic movie Ben-Hur released on the screens in 1959? The movie in which masculine Hollywood actor, and civil rights...
Hans FaberNov 21, 202010 minThe Killing Fields, of the CeltsAbout 2,000 years ago a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-years-old girl, who suffered during her young life from scoliosis, was killed. Her...
Hans FaberNov 15, 202013 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, 202015 minMake 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 FaberNov 16, 201914 minWeladu the flying blacksmithMaster blacksmith Wayland is well-known from mythology. The blacksmith who was kept captive on a small island in the sea, and escaped...
Hans FaberOct 25, 201918 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. Groove...
Hans FaberJul 19, 201932 minThe Abbey of Egmond and the rise of the GerulfingsMonk Ecgberht of Ripon was the driving force behind the Christianization of the headstrong, heathen Frisians. From the influential...
Frans RiemersmaOct 27, 20188 minLiudger, the first Frisian apostleLiudger succeeded where other evangelists failed. He finally managed to convert the pagan Frisians to Christianity, because he “spoke...
Hans FaberJul 1, 201827 minOne of history’s enlightening hikes, that of BernlefThis post is not about the Westfrisian writer Hendrik Jan Marsman (1937-2012), whose pen-name was Bernlef. Nor is this post about the...
Frans RiemersmaJun 9, 20186 minFinally, 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...
Hans FaberOct 29, 20176 minA terp for ChoquequiraoWhy 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 FaberSep 24, 201721 minIsland the Walcheren: once Sodom and Gomorrah of the North SeaIn contrast to the Sunday’s rest of today, for centuries the Walcheren Island was a pagan retreat and safe haven for the Vikings with...
Hans FaberAug 22, 20176 minCeltic-Frisian heritage: There's no dealing with the Wheel of FortuneExactly 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 FaberApr 17, 20177 minHow to bury your mother-in-lawYour 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...