All Ancient Pages articles related to Scotland in the sections of archaeology, history, civilizations, places, myths and legends, Biblical mysteries, ancient history facts, featured stories, ancient symbols and Vikings.
Scotland Archive
Ancient Symbols
AncientPages.com - The stone, a solid pink granite boulder, measures 0.5 x 1.68 x 0.36m and weighs c.670kg. It was incised with odd carvings on two adjoining faces by the Picts
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Archaeologists digging in Newhaven, a historic fishing village in Scotland, discovered poorly preserved human bones dated to the sixteenth or seventeenth century. The team was looking for
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An extraordinary and priceless collection of Viking-age monuments, located at Govan Old Parish Church, Glasgow, Scotland, represents one of the best collections of
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On the beautiful Isle of Lewis in Scotland, many mysterious figures that today are known as the Uig Chessmen were discovered over 180
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - A team led by the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands discovered what is believed to be a Bronze Age settlement at Tresness,
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Celtic Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The mysterious Banshee or Bean Sidhe is a fascinating creature we encounter in Irish mythology. Throughout history and across cultures, stories and myths of
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Myths & Legends
AncientPages.com - Nearly 50 people living in a cave and living off passing travellers by robbing, killing, butchering and eating them. The legend of Alexander Sawney Bean, and his
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News
AncientPages.com - When a farmer ploughing an Aberdeenshire field in 1978 uncovered a six-foot high Pictish stone carved with a distinctive figure carrying an axe, it quickly earned
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Across Europe, there are thousands of underground tunnels from the north in Scotland leading all the way down to the Mediterranean. This 12,000-year-old
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Ancient Technology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Is it possible that death rays were used in ancient times? Can we find any traces that could offer evidence our ancestors were
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Civilizations
AncientPages.com - The discovery of the Ness of Brodgar – a complex of ancient monumental buildings has forced historians to rethink their knowledge about ancient Britain. There are dozens of buildings, among them one
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Doggerland was once considered the real heartland of Europe until sea levels rose to give us the UK coastline of today. What was life in ancient Doggerland?
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many say they are hoaxes, but if that's true, why are they kept in museums as valuable objects? Credits: Ashmolean Museum These strange
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