Scientists and archaeologists were making huge leaps forward in the understanding of our ancient ancestors before the lockdown began. Here, Writer at Large Neil Mackay, uncovers what we know today ...

Researchers have provided new insights into Scotland's mysterious Picts. The people, known for creating ornately carved symbol stones, left little written material of their own to offer clues on their ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

The Picts of Scotland who have long intrigued and have been ascribed exotic origins in fact descended from indigenous Iron Age society and were genetically most similar to people living today in ...

Kenneth MacAlpine - Born to be King? Kenneth was born around 800AD in the Gaelic Kingdom of Dal Riata - it was a time when the Gaels were dominated by the more powerful Pictish kingdom. His father, ...

A retired volunteer unearthed a rare 1,000-year-old Pictish ring during excavations in Scotland. The ring is one of the few Pictish rings ever discovered and offers insights into the Pictish kingdom’s ...

PICTS? Who the hell were they? Good question. Nobody knows. And that is weird. How come we know about every other ancient people? Goths, Vikings, Gaels, Anglo-Saxons, Romans, Egyptians, Greeks, even ...

Stand in Aberlemno and you find yourself at the heart of a landscape of deep importance to the Picts - and a place where villagers care very much about their history indeed. Did you know with a ...

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The Picts were one of Scotland’s earliest—and most mysterious—civilizations. Known for rebuffing Rome’s advances, they vanished from the historical record toward the end of the first millennium A.D.