The Picts, the descendants of Iron Age tribes, are known for decorating standing stones with intricate carvings and ...

Archaeologists have reconstructed the weathered face of a balding, middle-age man suffering from back trouble and severe dental disease. He died more than 600 years ago and was buried in Aberdeen, ...

A medieval structure, believed to be one of the world’s oldest whisky stills, has been discovered among the ruins of a Scottish abbey. Archaeologists uncovered the structure at the site of Lindores ...

The heart of a lost Dark Ages kingdom may have been discovered in southern Scotland. A new book, “The Lost Dark Age Kingdom of Rheged” (Oxbow Books, 2016), tells of the inadvertent discovery of a set ...

Traces of four medieval structures dating from the 14th to 17th centuries were discovered next to a highway near Bothwell in Scotland, where the Netherton Cross (a 10th century stone cross) once stood ...

In 2007 the Earl of Glasgow ordered four Brazilian graffiti artists to "decorate" Kelburn Castle near the Scottish seaside town of Largs. Now, the Earl is campaigning to keep the street art on the ...

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Artist’s reconstruction of historic structures at the site of Netherton Cross, a 10th- or 11th-century religious sculpture that has since been relocated © Jennifer ...

ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND—A game board thought to have been used to play Hnefatafl, a Norse strategy game, has been found in eastern Scotland, according to a report in The Scotsman. Archaeologist Ali ...