A carved Pictish symbol stone has been discovered on the banks of the River Don in Aberdeen. The find was made by fishermen in Dyce when low water levels - after the recent warm and dry weather ...

He said the stone had symbols seen frequently in Pictish art and known to experts as a "mirror" and another as a "z rod". Mr Spencer Jones added: "Every now and then a new Pictish stone ...

Large stones, carved by Pictish craftsmen with symbols ... The Strathmartine Stone is an example of the earliest type of symbol stone, and dates to around 600AD. It depicts a "beast" and the ...

The stone has several geometric shapes showing abstract Pictish symbols, such as triple ovals, a comb and mirror, a crescent ...

All the animals depicted on the Pictish stones are lifelike and easily recognizable—all but one. The exception is a strange beast with an elongated beak or muzzle, a head locket or spout ...

News of ancient Celtic symbols popping up in Spain might come ... there was recently uncovered by archaeologists who found a stone slab, nearly a foot thick and measuring five feet high and ...

An amateur archaeologist has told of his excitement at finding a Pictish ring buried for more ... covering much of the fort and dismantling the stone that remained to be used for building new ...

An icon of a desk calendar. An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. An icon of a paper envelope. An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. An icon ...

Taken from the latest issue of Caught By The River's An Antidote to Indifference The Pictish Trail - switching reverse delay knobs for a unique brand of silence - reports on nature, inspiration and ...

The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs ... believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods. The Rosetta stone was discovered in 1799 AD. It is a three-foot high stone containing ...

Late-night stone pelting targeted the Kolhapur District Congress Committee's office, with the Congress symbol defaced and '#ChavanPattern' graffitied. This act followed the central committee's ...