Ancient DNA reveals that the Picts, the "painted people" of Scotland who fought off the Romans, weren't an enigmatic group that migrated from faraway lands. Instead, the Picts had local roots and were ...

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 ...

Game designers have teamed up with archaeologists to create a new illustrated guide to a mysterious early medieval Scottish society. The Picts, the descendants of Iron Age tribes, are known for ...

THE Picts, who have been depicted as archetypal barbarians for centuries, were actually a highly sophisticated people with an intimate knowledge of the Bible and Roman classical literature, according ...

They were the last major ethnic identity to become extinct in Britain with few clues left behind to help unravel the story of these mysterious people found in the north and east of Scotland. Did you ...

Picts that lived in the ancient Scottish highlands developed their first written language thanks to the Romans, according to new research. Symbols inscribed in ancient rocks prove that the early ...

The team of archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen found the six-foot-long stone in early 2020 while conducting geophysical surveys in a farmer’s field near Aberlemno. This village has an ...

Scotland's History Early Scotland Kenneth MacAlpin becomes King of Picts The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on ...

The origins of the Picts were local to the British Isles and not from large scale migration from exotic locations in the east, new research suggests. The study is helping to shed new light on the ...

The Picts were a collection of tribes lived in what is today eastern and northern Scotland during the Late Iron Age and early Medeival periods from around 270-900AD. They formed a tribal confederation ...

TEN per cent of Scottish men are directly descended from the Picts, according to a new discovery by a DNA project. By Auslan Cramb and Auslancramb 25 March 2013 • 6:19pm Ten per cent of the more than ...