A new children’s book about Scottish history portrays the ancient Picts as black. I must admit that I was somewhat surprised ...

Who were The Picts? Learn more about this fascinating, long-forgotten society, in this week's episode of Lost Cultures: Living Legacies. It's entirely possible you've never heard of the Picts — and ...

The Picts, the descendants of Iron Age tribes, are known for decorating standing stones with intricate carvings and constructing impressive hillforts. They ruled northern and eastern Scotland for ...

A children's book has claimed the ancient inhabitants of Scotland were black. The illustrated book, which aims to make ...

50 Scottish slang words translated: funniest and best sayings and slang phrases from Scotland - and what they mean in English ...

The official history, consolidated for decades in archaeology manuals, maintained that the Picts, those enigmatic peoples of ...

A new archaeological study from Orkney has challenged long-held assumptions about one of Scotland’s most mysterious races – the Picts.

It was a place where Kings, Picts and Vikings mingled and the powerful wished to be seen, both in life and in death. Govan on ...

Dr. Maldonado said: "It’s basically the best book on the Picts ever written. By starting from Scotland’s environment, and incorporating lessons from archaeology, history and art, this brings the Picts ...

Creeping silently, the warriors emerged from the cover of the trees and made their way toward the fort. Minutes later the fort’s guards were surrounded by semi-naked men, their faces concealed by ...

The genetic study challenges previous theories about the origins and culture of the Picts. The pandemic has made some people rush to get tattoos for different reasons. A tattoo historian explains why ...