Asterix and Obelix have come up twice today so making it a threefer with Nessie in "Asterix and the Picts".

#Asterix #Picts #Nessie

Rhynie Man, an amazing cartoon-like Pictish carving on a 1.78m high stone dating back 1200-1500 years. It was found near Rhynie in Aberdeenshire in 1978 and is now in the headquarters of Aberdeenshire Council on the edge of Aberdeen. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/aberdeen/rhynieman/index.html

#Scotland #RhynieMan #PictishStone #Picts #Aberdeenshire #Aberdeen #UndiscoveredScotland

WRITER FUEL A new look at eight skeletons from two Pictish cemeteries in Scotland reveals that the enigmatic Picts weren't from afar, as medieval historians suggested, but that they had local roots.

https://www.limfic.com/2023/08/07/writer-fuel-who-were-the-picts/

#Scotland #History #Archeology #Picts #PaintedPeople #Genetics #WriterFuek

The Battle of Dun Nechtain (also known as The Battle of Dunnichen, The Battle of Nechtanemere, Lin Garan, and The Battle of Nechtan) was a pivotal engagement between the Northumbrians under their king Ecgfrith and the Picts under the leadership of their king Brude Mac Bile (also known as King Bridei III). https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Dun_Nectain/ #History #BattleofDunNectain #Bede #Picts

Great tour day. Interested (and interesting!) visitors, the weather held up, and the dog behaved.
A whole bunch of them came back to the visitor centre and we spent another wee while chatting.

Our tours are free of charge, you can book your spaces via Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wemyss-caves-pictish-carvings-full-guided-tour-and-museum-tickets-547711167847?aff=erelexpmlt

#LocalHistory #FifeCoastalPath #History #Picts #Pictish #Fife #Scotland #caves

It's tour day on the Wemyss foreshore!
Our tours are fully booked for today, but if you come to our visitor centre on The Haugh in East Wemyss you can visit our wee museum on the caves and other local history.
If we do have anyone who doesn't turn up for the booked tour, we will do our best to accommodate you. But we can't promise. 😔

#Pictish #Picts #LocalHeritage #Fife #archaeology #FifeCoastalPath #scotland #LocalHistory #medieval #museum #volunteer

We have set up for our #accessible tours today, come and see us at the entrance of Court Cave until 14:30!

#Pictish #Picts #LocalHeritage #Fife #archaeology #FifeCoastalPath #scotland

Every last Sunday of the month we give accessible tours and have a little stall set up along the Fife Coastal path. Come see us there this Sunday!

#Pictish #Picts #LocalHeritage #Fife #archaeology #FifeCoastalPath #scotland

Modern-day Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish people found to have Pictish ancestry

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-modern-day-scottish-welsh-northern-irish.html

#picts #ancestry #DNA

Excavations have been taking place on Dumyat, overlooking Stirling, investigating the ramparts and interiors of a hillfort which may originate over 2500 years ago but was probably also used in the early Historic period.

A collaboration between the local authority archaeologist, with local volunteers, and academics from University of Aberdeen's Northern Picts project, it's a great example of how we collaborate in Scotland to get more done together.

#Archaeology #Scotland #Environment #Picts

A new study on the origins of the Picts concludes that their origins were not "exotic" but local.
Genome analyses of individuals excavated from Pictish-era cemeteries at Lundin Links (Fife) and Balintore (Easter Ross) suggest that the Picts originated in the British Isles and that they may not have been matrilineal after all.

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-modern-day-scottish-welsh-northern-irish.html

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/news/articles/2023/4/28/study-reveals-new-insights-into-the-origins-of-scotlands-mysterious-picts

#picts #scotland #matrilineality #archaeology
#LundinLinks #Balintore #Fife #EasterRoss

Feared by the Romans as fierce blue painted warriors, the #Picts have captured the imagination of historians for centuries. Today we know them through the wonderful art they left carved on stones. But so little is known about a People who lived in a large part of Scotland from 300 – 850 AD, that myth has replaced factual evidence about their culture.
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/04/28/who-were-the-picts/

Drust I (also known as Drest I, Drest son of Irb, and Drest son of Erb) was an early king of the Picts known as "The King of One Hundred Battles" that he seems to have been victorious in. https://www.worldhistory.org/Drust_I/ #History #Bede #DrustI #Picts

13 Amazing Facts about the ancient people that protected Scotland from the Roman Empire.

Around 2000 years ago, ancient Celtic people known as the Picts roamed Scotland, and to the Romans they were considered worthy foes.

Despite many attempts by Romans to move in on Pictish territory, and having dominated other areas of Britain easily, they still could not conquer this ancient tribe.

https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-picts-13-amazing-facts-about-the-ancient-people-that-protected-scotland-from-the-roman-empire-3965400

#UK #Scotland #Celtic #Picts #Romans #History

A wee reminder that we're open for our regular tours as of this Sunday, and all the way through to the end of September!
Book your free spaces here:
https://wemysscaves.org/visitor-centre-and-museum/

We're all booked up this Sunday, but there's plenty more dates.

We are a community based charity and all our donations go into preserving this unique heritage site for the future. Help us by spreading the word!

#Pictish #Picts #LocalHeritage #Fife #archaeology #FifeCoastalPath #scotland

We are now selling original paintings of Pictish art by Fergus in our visitor centre and on our website.
https://wemysscaves.org/product-category/paintings/

Come see them for yourself at the Terras Hall in East Wemyss this Sunday, when we re-open for our summer tours.
We are fully booked, but feel free to look around the museum and chat with our volunteers.
And of course have a look at Fergus' gorgeous art!

#Heritage #LocalHeritage #Art #Pictish #Picts #Scotland #Fife #Caves

In St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen, is this Pictish cross stone, probably associated with the first church founded on the site in c.580 CE. It was discovered in a stone dyke at Hillhead of Seaton in 1932.

#picts #cathedrals #aberdeen #medieval #history

“It is widely held, and often repeated, that ancient Britons, and most especially the #Picts, painted or tattooed their bodies with Woad. We all know that, because depictions of the Iron Age or Roman period on television and film nearly always show the indigenous tribespeople painted in 'mystical' blue designs. It seems, however, that the evidence for Woad inspired body art is not as rock solid as one might have hoped.” #history

https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispelling-some-myths-woad

The downside of studying history.

🙄

#Picts #Scotland #History
@histodons
#Humor #Meme #Joke #Jokes
#Funny #Humour #LOL
#DoBetterNextTime

"A Young Daughter of the Picts," Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, c. 1585.

This is a study for an illustration for a book about the New World & its indigenous inhabitants, in a questionable attempt to equate ancient Europeans with then current Indigenous Americans. Certainly fanciful; the lady's botanical tattoos include plants unknown in Europe in the time of the Picts, & little is known of them or their culture.

From the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT.

#art #Picts #colonialism