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The ancestors of modern Scottish people left behind mysterious, carved stones that new research has just determined contain the written language of the Picts, an Iron Age society that existed in ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...