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  1. Global Museum @[email protected] ·

    This ‘star catcher’ is 1000 years old.
    Astrolabes could be used to work out the time by looking at the position of the sun and stars and were also used in navigation.
    The plates inside this example are engraved with different place names, as well as lines showing prayer times.
    The inscription shows that the astrolabe was made in Córdoba, Spain, by Muhammad ibn al-Saffâr. Created in the year 417 of the Islamic calendar, which started in February 1026 AD.
    #nationalmuseumsscotland #globalmuseum

    #nationalmuseumsscotland #globalmuseum
  2. Edinburgh @[email protected] ·

    Roman altars found near Edinburgh reveal secrets of mysterious cult

    Two stone altars, unearthed at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and now acquired for the nation, will make…
    #Edinburgh #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #Scotland #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #altars #Britain #cultofMithras #godMithras #GreatBritain #Inveresk #NationalMuseumofScotland #NationalMuseumsScotland #RomanArchaeology #RomanEmpire #Romanfrontier #RomanScotland
    europesays.com/uk/756296/

    #romanscotland #romanfrontier #romanempire #romanarchaeology #nationalmuseumsscotland #nationalmuseumofscotland
  3. UK @[email protected] ·

    europesays.com/uk/756296/ Roman altars found near Edinburgh reveal secrets of mysterious cult #altars #Britain #CultOfMithras #Edinburgh #GodMithras #GreatBritain #Inveresk #NationalMuseumOfScotland #NationalMuseumsScotland #RomanArchaeology #RomanEmpire #RomanFrontier #RomanScotland #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom

    #unitedkingdom #uk #scotland #romanscotland #romanfrontier #romanempire
  4. UK @[email protected] ·

    europesays.com/uk/716289/ Giant mystery fossil reveals secrets of whole new form of life that no longer exists #Aberdeenshire #DrSandyHetherington #fossil #LauraCooper #NationalMuseumOfScotland #NationalMuseums #NationalMuseumsScotland #Prototaxites #RhynieChert #SandyHetherington #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom

    #unitedkingdom #uk #science #sandyhetherington #rhyniechert #prototaxites
  5. UK @[email protected] ·

    europesays.com/uk/649482/ Scotland has its first curator of archaeological human remains #Archaeology #ArtsAndHumanitiesResearchCouncil #Britain #GreatBritain #HistoricEnvironmentScotland #NationalMuseumsScotland #osteoarchaeology #ResearchInfrastructureForConservationAndHeritageScience #Scotland #UK #UKResearchAndInnovation #UnitedKingdom

    #unitedkingdom #ukresearchandinnovation #uk #scotland #researchinfrastructureforconservationandheritagescience #osteoarchaeology
  6. AutisticMumTo3 @[email protected] ·

    Fossils found in Somerset by girl, 11, ‘may be of largest-ever marine reptile’ | Fossils | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/science/2024/a

    #Fossils
    #MarineReptile
    #Somerset
    #Ichthyosaur
    #Triassic
    #Paleontology
    #IchthyotitanSevernensis
    #GiantFishLizardOfTheSevern
    #Shastasaurida
    #PlosOne
    #Lomax
    #Reynolds
    #DeLaSalle
    #MuseumOfJurassicMarineLife
    #Dorset
    #Fraser
    #NationalMuseumsScotland

    #fossils #marinereptile #somerset #ichthyosaur #triassic #paleontology
  7. AutisticMumTo3 @[email protected] ·

    Fossils found in Somerset by girl, 11, ‘may be of largest-ever marine reptile’ | Fossils | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/science/2024/a

    #Fossils
    #MarineReptile
    #Somerset
    #Ichthyosaur
    #Triassic
    #Paleontology
    #IchthyotitanSevernensis
    #GiantFishLizardOfTheSevern
    #Shastasaurida
    #PlosOne
    #Lomax
    #Reynolds
    #DeLaSalle
    #MuseumOfJurassicMarineLife
    #Dorset
    #Fraser
    #NationalMuseumsScotland

    #fossils #marinereptile #somerset #ichthyosaur #triassic #paleontology
  8. AutisticMumTo3 @[email protected] ·

    Fossils found in Somerset by girl, 11, ‘may be of largest-ever marine reptile’ | Fossils | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/science/2024/a

    #Fossils
    #MarineReptile
    #Somerset
    #Ichthyosaur
    #Triassic
    #Paleontology
    #IchthyotitanSevernensis
    #GiantFishLizardOfTheSevern
    #Shastasaurida
    #PlosOne
    #Lomax
    #Reynolds
    #DeLaSalle
    #MuseumOfJurassicMarineLife
    #Dorset
    #Fraser
    #NationalMuseumsScotland

    #nationalmuseumsscotland #fraser #dorset #museumofjurassicmarinelife #delasalle #reynolds
  9. AutisticMumTo3 @[email protected] ·

    Fossils found in Somerset by girl, 11, ‘may be of largest-ever marine reptile’ | Fossils | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/science/2024/a

    #Fossils
    #MarineReptile
    #Somerset
    #Ichthyosaur
    #Triassic
    #Paleontology
    #IchthyotitanSevernensis
    #GiantFishLizardOfTheSevern
    #Shastasaurida
    #PlosOne
    #Lomax
    #Reynolds
    #DeLaSalle
    #MuseumOfJurassicMarineLife
    #Dorset
    #Fraser
    #NationalMuseumsScotland

    #fossils #marinereptile #somerset #ichthyosaur #triassic #paleontology
  10. Dr Tess Machling @[email protected] ·

    It always gives me a thrill - and is a reminder of what an enormous privilege I have in being able to #research this stuff - when you walk into a national #museum and know that the reason there's a blank space (only for a short time though!) is so folks like me can do what we do.....

    #archaeology #gold #torcs #NationalMuseumsScotland

    #research #museum #archaeology #gold #torcs #nationalmuseumsscotland