Excited to be chairing this screening of Fred Kudjo Kuwornu’s brilliant film We Were Here @nationalmuseumsscotland this Friday - in conversation with the director - & historian Dr Onyeka Nubia afterwards. Come join us to see the story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe. Free but book NMS.ac.uk
October 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Excited to be chairing this screening of Fred Kudjo Kuwornu’s brilliant film We Were Here @nationalmuseumsscotland this Friday - in conversation with the director - & historian Dr Onyeka Nubia afterwards. Come join us to see the story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe. Free but book NMS.ac.uk
we use cirnu and the carnyx to scare the goblins & demons away - it works!
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The sound of the carnyx
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October 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
we use cirnu and the carnyx to scare the goblins & demons away - it works!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auR-...
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October 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The boss music you hear when this Paladin glam rocks up on you. youtu.be/auR-lJfzTeY?...
The sound of the carnyx
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October 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The boss music you hear when this Paladin glam rocks up on you. youtu.be/auR-lJfzTeY?...
The Croy Hoard - is this Scotland's weirdest hoard?
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September 23, 2026 at 5:21 AM
The sound of the carnyx
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September 13, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Secrets of the #carnyx youtu.be/lVFGT2NX-YQ?... via @YouTube I have the carnyx blowing in most of my #historical #fantasy #romances so I love this
Secrets of the carnyx
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September 4, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Secrets of the #carnyx youtu.be/lVFGT2NX-YQ?... via @YouTube I have the carnyx blowing in most of my #historical #fantasy #romances so I love this
Incredible. Here's what the carnyx sounded like.
The sound of the carnyx
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August 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Incredible. Here's what the carnyx sounded like.
Had a wee visit to Edinburgh a few weeks ago to meet my pal at @nationalmuseumsscotland & get a chance to see the range we collaborated on for their fab Little Black Dress exhibition.
Such a great show and a really fun range to work on.
Still time to visit, the show finishes on 29 October. #Museum
Such a great show and a really fun range to work on.
Still time to visit, the show finishes on 29 October. #Museum
October 23, 2023 at 2:51 PM
Had a wee visit to Edinburgh a few weeks ago to meet my pal at @nationalmuseumsscotland & get a chance to see the range we collaborated on for their fab Little Black Dress exhibition.
Such a great show and a really fun range to work on.
Still time to visit, the show finishes on 29 October. #Museum
Such a great show and a really fun range to work on.
Still time to visit, the show finishes on 29 October. #Museum
Each of the letters is marked up on our 3D model on
National Museum Scotland's Sketchfab account here: skfb.ly/oM6tR @davidstifter.bsky.social @morantango.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social @archaeonado.bsky.social
National Museum Scotland's Sketchfab account here: skfb.ly/oM6tR @davidstifter.bsky.social @morantango.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social @archaeonado.bsky.social
Ogham stone, Poltalloch, Argyll - 3D model by National Museums Scotland (@nationalmuseumsscotland)
Fragment of a stone slab bearing Irish ogham characters, from Poltalloch, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland 500 - 900 AD. One end is damaged but the best reconstruction suggests the ogham characters possibl...
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December 15, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Each of the letters is marked up on our 3D model on
National Museum Scotland's Sketchfab account here: skfb.ly/oM6tR @davidstifter.bsky.social @morantango.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social @archaeonado.bsky.social
National Museum Scotland's Sketchfab account here: skfb.ly/oM6tR @davidstifter.bsky.social @morantango.bsky.social @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social @archaeonado.bsky.social
This is a good summary and gives a sense of the sound. Lots of these heard together really would've been pretty terrifying www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVFG...
Secrets of the carnyx
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January 7, 2026 at 9:13 AM
This is a good summary and gives a sense of the sound. Lots of these heard together really would've been pretty terrifying www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVFG...
Tuli tää myös mieleen.
The sound of the carnyx
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March 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Tuli tää myös mieleen.
Agreed I love this thing
May 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Agreed I love this thing
Me sounding off my battle horn during the social war
The sound of the carnyx
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April 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Me sounding off my battle horn during the social war
The sound of the carnyx
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January 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Here's a bit of Iron Age jazz for your weekend.
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The sound of the carnyx
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February 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Here's a bit of Iron Age jazz for your weekend.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=auR-...
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This is a very interesting video from the National Museum of Scotland about the procress of trying to reconstruct and play other two examples of carnyx, the Deskford carnyx (Scotland) and the ones found in Tintignac (France):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVFG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVFG...
Secrets of the carnyx
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January 7, 2026 at 10:12 AM
This is a very interesting video from the National Museum of Scotland about the procress of trying to reconstruct and play other two examples of carnyx, the Deskford carnyx (Scotland) and the ones found in Tintignac (France):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVFG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVFG...
The Iron Age Celts didn’t have the death whistle but they had the Haunting Tuba.
The sound of the carnyx
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June 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The Iron Age Celts didn’t have the death whistle but they had the Haunting Tuba.
Carnyx: The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE (wikipedia)
Its sound: youtu.be/AuhrhQSM4Ig?...
Its sound: youtu.be/AuhrhQSM4Ig?...
Constructing the carnyx
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April 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Carnyx: The ancient carnyx was a wind instrument used by the Celts during the Iron Age, between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE (wikipedia)
Its sound: youtu.be/AuhrhQSM4Ig?...
Its sound: youtu.be/AuhrhQSM4Ig?...
Th Sulawesi tarsier looks like an evil gremlin.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Th Sulawesi tarsier looks like an evil gremlin.
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The Lewis Chessmen, finally on permanent display in the Kingdom of the Scots exhibit at @nationalmuseumsscotland. I've always loved these guys.
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The Lewis Chessmen, finally on permanent display in the Kingdom of the Scots exhibit at @nationalmuseumsscotland. I've always loved these guys.
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Edinburgh, 1836: some boys were searching for rabbits on Arthur’s Seat. Hidden in the side of a cliff, they found 17 tiny coffins, each containing a wooden doll wearing hand-sewn clothes…
Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
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Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
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Edinburgh's Miniature Coffins at National Museums Scotland
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January 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Edinburgh, 1836: some boys were searching for rabbits on Arthur’s Seat. Hidden in the side of a cliff, they found 17 tiny coffins, each containing a wooden doll wearing hand-sewn clothes…
Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
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Watch this @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social film to find out more
#WyrdWednesday
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The sound of the carnyx
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January 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM