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

Research has shown the Picts contributed to the cultures around them, were internationally connected, were intricately ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scotland's History Early Scotland The Picts victorious at the Battle of Dunichen The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which ...

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

The official history, consolidated for decades in archaeology manuals, maintained that the Picts, those enigmatic peoples of northern Britain whose intricate symbols endure but whose voice has fallen ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Maldonado said: "It’s basically the best book on the Picts ever written. By starting from Scotland’s environment, and ...