Alan H's photos with the keyword: national museum of scotland

The dark areas are full of iron minerals. Dark and light circles developed as the iron concentration varied while the rock was cooling. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

From the Helmsdale Hoard. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Commemorating the building of their headquarters by the 6th Cohort of Nervians: [IMP CA]ESARI TITO [AELIO] HADRIANO [ANTO]NINO AVG [PIO] PP COH VI [NER]VIORVM PRI [NCI]PIA FECIT In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The reconstruction of the original form of this carnyx is based on evidence from across Europe. The carnyx was a trumpet used in battle to inspire warriors to greater deeds of valour and to terrify their enemies. The Romans, who faced the carnyx in battle, found it so distinctive and strange that they made it an emblem of their opponents. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

After the Romans left Scotland they determined to keep the frontier and their territory south of Hadrian's Wall secure. This huge hoard of silver coins, equivalent to more than ten year's pay for a normal soldier, was given as a bribe or gift to a powerful chieftain to encourage him to keep the peace in the years immediately after the Romans abandoned their occupation of Scotland. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The carnyx was a trumpet used in battle to inspire warriors to greater deeds of valour and to terrify their enemies. The Romans, who faced the carnyx in battle, found it so distinctive and strange that they made it an emblem of their opponents. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The lorica squamata is a type of scale armour used by the ancient Roman military during the Roman Republic and at later periods. It was made from small metal scales sewn to a fabric backing. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Inscribed with the owner's name. DOMIITI ATTICI, ' Dometius Atticus '. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

1: Catapult spring washer and rachet (centre left). 2, 3: Iron bolts which were fired from mechanised catapults (top left). 4: Lead hand-held slingshot projectiles (centre right). 5: Clay hand-held slingshot projectiles (top right). 6: Stone balls for use with mechanised slingshot machines (bottom). 7: Caltrop - devices such as these were scattered over the ground to cripple enemy horses (centre). In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

This is one of the world's two oldest surviving steam locomotives. Built in 1813 it was used to pull coal along the Wylam Waggonway to the river near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in Northeast England. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

From a larger than life Roman statue. In the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.