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Besides an impressive array of carved stone slabs , the Picts also did some sophisticated metalwork. One important piece is the Whitecleuch...

Much of existing Pictish art is carved on standing stones and falls into three "classes." The oldest art falls into Class I (date...

On the Moray Firth in Scotland is the remains of a Pictish fort, called Burghead Fort because of its proximity to the small town of Burghead...

As mentioned previously, the Picts were not necessarily a homogeneous culture, but the archaeological record can help us determine a few th...

It is likely that the name for the Picts really is related to the modern word "picture." The first occurrence of the word was in a...