Nicholas Cross

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Astronomer, survey data processor. Works in the Wide Field Astronomy Unit at the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh. Working on WFCAM/VISTA Science Archives and ESA-Euclid. Runner.

The bottom part of these scene shows a play or opera.
Carving showing various layers: horses and chariots at the bottom, a set of earlier emperors at the top.
Model of what the Wu Liang family shrine looked like, with 4 burial mounds with stone structures in front containing the carvings.
Old bomb casings from US bombing of Laos in ‘60s and ‘70s.
Arthur’s Seat as seen from the Royal Observatory on Blackford Hill. There was a big fire yesterday.
A friendly marmoset on a tree
Turkish coffee pot on the stove
The Artemisinin, originally a huge temple to Artemis of Ephesus, but destroyed by a lunatic and earthquakes.
Tablet about the sale of slaves. Unfortunately slavery is probably as old as civilisation, possibly older in a less formal sense.
A letter from Anum Hirbi, King of Mama to Warsama, King of Kanesh, suggesting a new treaty to unblock trade.
One of many examples of cuneiform writing - a clay tablet with scratches that formed the earliest examples of writing.
7000BC drawing of a cow
Panorama taken from the ROE Higgs Building cafeteria looking east and south over Edinburgh on a clear sunny morning.