New research has shown that the symbols used by the ancient Picts, who lived in Scotland from AD 300-843, were an actual written language, rather than just symbology. What historians know of the Picts ...

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 history of the Picts in the Highlands is being explored in a new route which traces the lives of the long-vanished people in the north. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...

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 ...

New findings uncovered by archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen at Burghead Fort may shed light on the complex power structures of the Pictish Kingdom, a group which occupied the region ...

WHAT was the difference between the Scots and the Picts? - Doug McKenna, Stockton. PICTS and Scots are thought of as the indigenous Celtic people of Scotland. However, there were actually five main ...

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 ...

A linguistic mystery has arisen surrounding symbol-inscribed stones in Scotland that predate the formation of the country itself. The stones are believed to have been carved by members of an ancient ...

Not much happens in the sleepy village of St Vigeans but more than 1,000 years ago it was a bustling centre of Pictish life which thronged with monks, pilgrims and possibly even royalty. Did you know ...

A Pictish symbol stone built into the wall of a Highland farm building has been recorded by archaeologists. The markings show a beast, crescent, comb and mirror. Archaeologist Cait McCullagh said it ...