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Although the conversion of the Woden-devoted Frisians  was a slow and cumbersome process that only succeeded in depth in the tenth...

When reading about the famous deeds of great Viking warriors, not much attention is given to the moments of failure. Not much is written...

New York City, the Capital of the World. Other names are Gotham, Modern Gomorrah, Big Apple, Empire City, and Baghdad-on-the-Subway. With...

About 2,000 years ago, a tragedy unfolded. A sixteen-year-old girl, who had suffered from scoliosis during her young life, was killed....

The Pesse Canoe. The oldest water vessel of the world was found near the village of Pesse in the province of Drenthe, the Netherlands. It...

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....

When, on a moon-clear night, on top of the dyke at Lake Lauwersmeer, you look out over the water, you just might see in the distance the...

The 'First Lady' of the village of Grou in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands, also named Grytsje of Grou. Archaeologists found...

R1b/Hg1/Eu18; R-M213; R-M9; R1b-M45; R-M207; R-M173; R-M343; R-L278; R-L754; R-L389/R1b1a1; R-M415; R-P297/R1b1a1a; R-M269/R1b1a1a2;...

Earliest proof of Frisian merchants, or kāpmon  in the Old Frisian language, trading in slaves dates from the first half of the seventh...

High up in the Swiss Alps, in the region of Bernese Oberland, many men, women, and children have experienced the great horror of dead...

Latið meg ei á Frísaland fordervast! 'Do not let me perish in Friesland!' A cry-out of a Faroese young woman when she was being...

Frisia could easily claim the title: land of Atlantis. 19 inhabited islands and 244 villages drowned along the old Frisian coast trail...

The arrival of the Romans in the northwest of Europe at the beginning of the era, with the River Rhine as a frontier, was the starting...

“Is seaport Maasvlakte the gateway of the north-west of Europe? No? Is it Europoort then? No? Is it the Botlek port area? Is it the town...

On March 25, 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was climbing towards its second peak. There was uncertainty about how destructive the...

"Reason I'm late for class? Well, you know, there was a strange cat in our barn this morning, and I stepped in its poop. Therefore, I...

Halfway through the ninth century, Vikings had established a more or less permanent presence in Frisia, in the pagus  'territory' called...

Brooklyn. Named after the charming village of Breukelen in the Netherlands. Its original Frisian name was Attingahem. With only a twist...

Rex illiteratus est quasi asinus coronatus , ‘a king who cannot read is like a crowned donkey’. Or, if you prefer the literal...