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 must have anticipated that Kenneth and the Gaels would have adopted Pictish ways, and become Picts. In fact, the reverse happened. As Kenneth rewarded kinsmen from Dalriada, giving them ...

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 ...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL digs could reveal new evidence that the ancient Scots known as Picts were a sophisticated people who could read and write – not the tattooed, half-naked barbarians portrayed in ...

"In response to Royston Jones's excellent comments about Scottish identity, I do have to comment where he says "avoid the term 'Britons' and call them what they were - Welsh." - well the term "welsh" ...