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Children’s book portrays Picts as black

AOL 13 Nov 2025
The Picts have been depicted as black in a new book intended to show that Scotland has always been “multicultural and diverse” ... A Storyteller’s Guide to the Picts, is aimed at children aged about 4 and upward.
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The Picts weren't 'painted'!? Roman stereotype faces historic new challenge

The Scotsman 12 Nov 2025
New book suggests the Picts had about as many tattoos as people do today ....
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Did the Romans Know Nessie? Exploring Roman Links to the Loch Ness Monster

Roman Empire Times 18 Oct 2025
Kerr)William Hole's painting of Saint Columba converting King Brude of the Picts to Christianity ... after that a sudden surge of new stories, fueled by the Christian and Late Pict stories from St.
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Face of the Picts? Rare Carved Stone Discovered at Scottish Hillfort

Hot Air 24 Sep 2025
The rare find has been hailed as a significant addition to the growing body of evidence that East Lomond was once a thriving settlement of the Picts, a confederation of tribes who dominated much of ...
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Could this be the face of an ordinary Pict? Aberdeen University student makes 'special' Fife discovery

The Scotsman 19 Sep 2025
With its two eyes, nose and hairline, the carving alludes to the people of East Lomond in Fife around 1,500 years ago ....
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