Picts: History and Heritage

[@Epsillion70]

I will never forget seeing the Pictish Sueno's Stones in Forres for the first time! I felt like I had gone back in time to those days when they were first built in the 9th and 10th Century!

[@NJRangerGeorge]

Amazing glad you got to see them. Oneday I will too can't wait. I will feel the same way. I get that feeling too when im among ancient things from the past.

[@kj-my7se]

The Scots were still Scots and original inhabitants.

[@thomaspiotrowski3382]

We also climbed up to this Pictish fortress and spent a few hours there. I prepared a light snack and I also meditated and thought about how the Picts have managed to live there. We also did the Bennachie. The views were breathtaking and I hope that the Picts remain a mysterious culture and looking forward to going back to Scotland. Thanks for that great video from Germany

[@pravoslavn]

This is my 7th or 8th time of watching this EXCELLENT presentation. (My interest in the Picts is that my ancestors lived in Banchory, Deeside, Aberdeenshire for centuries before coming to the USA 385 years ago... a place solidly in Pictland.) MR. ALAN SHORT is an EXCELLENT organizer, interpreter, presenter and speaker. He is a master. His two-minute summary at the end is a hallmark of good pedagogy. The closed-caption "subtitles" are very helpful to those of us who are not familiar with Scottish names. Thumbs-up, subscribed, and now headed off to watch all the other programs by Mr. Short. Thank you, Sir, from Scottish genes now residing in the USA !

[@MrPassiontea]

The picts were pretty much eradicated. There is hardly any Pictish ancestry in modern Scottish people.

[@TheScottishLegends]

@@MrPassiontea I am sure you're one of those that also believes Neaderthals were Eradicated by Homo-Sapiens...Despite evidence showing otherwise.

[@cogle_arts7332]

Recent discoveries of the Tap o Noth has found it to have over 800 dwellings, and was probably one of the largest communities in Europe at the time.

[@robokill387]

I'm skeptical if that's true, more likely we're seeing survivorship bias because these dwellings are better preserved than usual in Europe because of their remoteness and building with stone rather than wood as was usual.

[@SungazerDNB]

@@robokill387 better preserved? in the wet Scottish highlands?

[@robokill387]

@@SungazerDNB yes. They built their houses of stone there, whereas in most of Europe they probably built their houses out of wood, which rots. Also, in most of Europe they had higher populations and a higher percentage of their land was agriculturally valuable- which would lead to more of it being tillef over repeatedly, destroying stone age sites. In mountainous regions and remote islands with low population density that's less likely. Also, it completely possible for very wet conditions to lead to high preservation- look up bog bodies. Highly acidic soil, low oxygen and low temperature can preserve organic material for millenia - in fact "bog butter" is regularly found in Britain and Ireland that has been buried for 2000 years and is still edible.

[@SungazerDNB]

@@robokill387 they used stone on this side of the channel also. (Dutchman here) I understand your thinking though.

[@robokill387]

@@SungazerDNB yes, but they probably used proportionally more wood in the Netherlands compared to Scotland - the areas of Scotland where these things are typically found are nearly treeless.

[@charliebu]

This is a fantastic series - so well researched, up-to-date scholarship, clearly presented. A great resource, thank you!

[@edwardwestown7209]

Thank you for charing your knowledge! My 3x grandfather by the name John Alexander Robertson married to Ann (born Potter) emigrated to Norway in the midt of the 18. century and I am more than average interessted in the history of the land. Best wishes from Norway, K.

[@reptoidcommand1060]

Superb presentation...Alan. I'm of Scottish descent hailing from my father's side... ...surname, Law. This extraordinary work of yours avails a broad glimpse of the Land and Culture that for perhaps 2000 years or more of where my blood lived in this region... Astonishing... .. Beautiful...and a bit Surreal.. Much thanks to you...fine gentleman and good sir, Mr. Short. You are amazing !!! I do believe it's time to subscribe 🐸

[@chiefgilray]

Watch "Scottish history tours" of you aren't already aware of the channel 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Yakkityyak248]

Quite a lot illustrious Law's

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

Superb documentary, thank you. I am a Scot but I am also a Pict. I forgot, thank you Alan.

[@MatthewMcVeagh]

Smashing informative film, Alan. Thank you so much for making it, along with the others in the series.

[@coneyworks8791]

Excellent film, I found it really engaging and perfectly paced.

[@chilairearts4238]

Does anyone know the song playing at the start when the flag waves

[@manueldriggs7099]

This was a great documentary. Extremely informative. I loved it!!! Thank you.

[@LisaBabe85]

Amazing documentary. Thank you for sharing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@kahasson]

Excellent, thanks for providing!

[@dgo6134]

Excellent. Here is a man who has a genuinely realistic grasp of the history of our great Nation.

[@nickbaker8210]

Very much enjoyed your programme. Thank you.

[@Kkourou]

Thank you for this great documentary

[@eddie8900]

Great video. My Aunt traced my surname back to a Pictish village that was nestled in the hills of Cargill in Perthshire.

[@africaeyesandears]

Well done Alan - informative and enjoyable. Thanks

[@saltamas]

Great narration and lots of fascinating info

[@carlderfler5006]

Very clear clean and precise. Very professional. Thankyou I didn't get the presenters name but he is extremely easy to follow because he makes the viewer comfortable.

[@Mrch33ky]

Their art is amazing! :)

[@kristjanmartin9883]

I honestly cant think of any other examples that captivate me as pict art does. D.M.

[@bobjackson4720]

When I was educated in Scotland in the sixties, they didn't have much to say about the Picts. Obviously they are more fashionable now. If the height of their culture was light relief carving on stones, it would suggest they weren't very advanced. The fact they were able to give the Roman's a bloody nose says something about the people

[@janisrice6372]

For one thing, they were taller. 😊

[@thomaswayneward]

Do you think culture resides in art? You have been brainwashed by elite institutions, without even knowing it.

[@willbissett7491]

Fascinating. Superb documentary. Thank you.

[@jaytay8637]

Excellent presentation and research. Fascinating.

[@BlueBaron3339]

Sober, smart, fascinating. Well done!

[@chrissysmith1306]

Thank you for this Alan!

[@rickmorgan3930]

Maybe not to the point, but I kinda like Robert E. Howard's portrayal of the Picts in his Conan the Barbarian books. I like to think that I may have ancestors like that among my antecedents. The mystery is what makes the Picts attractive to thinkers and dreamers of today.

[@MrVvulf]

Don't miss the standalone Bran Mak Morn tales from REH, especially "Worms of the Earth". While Conan is REH's most famous creation, King Kull, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, Steve Costigan, and Breckinridge Elkins were all great characters/stories.

[@jaytay8637]

Sounds like you have !

[@lukebatchelor717]

Bravo to this reference!!

[@tegis021]

Excellent video. You deserve more likes.

[@Wobbles_effect]

good stuff,thanks so much for your effort..subbed hope you upload more.

[@pieterkock695]

brilliant use of piano music in this film

[@barbaraboone7897]

Very nice video. Thank you!

[@wadesaleeby2172]

Most fascinating! Thanks for sharing.

[@xiaodongwang7753]

Thank you. Great presentation

[@pcmentality]

Thankyou for this. Going back in time before the romans, how populous was Scotland? Was intrigued to read that most of the landscape that is so bare now, was once wooded, and people were settled along rivers and the coast in large part.

[@sleepycatsqueeze]

Perhaps 150 000 ? given that it was only about a 1/2 million by the start of the medieval period ?

[@geoffreykerr-morgan3128]

Thank you so much to this it has opened my eyes to a new [ for me ] wider history of Britain

[@googesowders8622]

Great clip . Helped me on personal research. 👍

[@nollem41]

I was glued to this documentary fascinating and brilliantly filmed

[@dipinvideo]

Alba Thank you it is great to get positive feedback.

[@kristjanmartin9883]

I don't care what anyone says, you should always remember where you've come from. Try to understand the struggles your ancestors overcame to bring you to this moment, here and now. D.M.

[@terryrudy3328]

Sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know a method to log back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot the account password. I love any assistance you can offer me

[@arlomatthias6492]

@Terry Rudy Instablaster =)

[@a44489]

If they don't foster u or migrate u, i wouldn't trust technology ethier to tell you these things the only thing is spirit

[@a44489]

Its coded in our bloodlines

[@a44489]

Break the chain

[@michaelkane4494]

This was a great documentary. Thanks for making this it must have taken you quite some time. I'm from Kirkcaldy in Fife and would love to find out if I had Pictish DNA in my blood

[@brentpickens3371]

Very well done!

[@mala3isity]

9:53 Who were the inhabitants before the Picts? They must've been a developed people to build stonework, right?

[@MacKenziePoet]

This is the best so far...

[@peterwilson5528]

Well presented thank you very insightful. :)

[@paraigmacneil9028]

Excellent presentation !

[@uktenatsila9168]

Outstanding!

[@kenm2895]

Great effort on a very mysterious people. My ancestry on my father's line goes back to Aberdeen - so maybe I am a bit of a Pict myself.

[@Thunderchicken69]

I am I know

[@keithdonald7429]

Ken M if you have inherited a big pair o balls there you go by the way I'm in Aberdeen

[@skeptic781]

my Ancestors are picts too

[@littledikkins2]

My Maternal Grandfather's family came from Aberdeenshire, just where is lost to time.

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

You must proudly yell, that you're a pict!!!

[@jamesarmstrong5424]

I've become rather obsessed with the Pictish history as fairly recent genetic evidence points to a possible "Pict" male relocating to the present day Scottish lowlands and becoming the progenitor of the Armstrongs, of which I am one! Never forget the past and always honor your ancestors!

[@frankmccann29]

Is it possible for the fish above the coat of arms shield might represent Pict heritage?

[@dumoulin11]

Thank you for this.

[@clanyoung14]

Picts were not the indigenous people of Scotland. There were people in Scotland before the Picts, and whether they were invaded by the Picts or assimilated into the Celtic Pictish culture and kingdoms we will never know. Archeologists and DNA researchers have clearly uncovered “pre”-Celtic civilations in Scotland. My own personal y-DNA, for example, is I-M223, and it has been found in Scotland before 4,000 years ago (2,000 BC) when the Bell Beaker Folk started to arrive in the UK. This, of course, is all well before written history, but written history is but a fraction of time in world history.

[@giannisch95]

The word Scotland is half greek, σκότος in greek means Dark so Scot-Land is the land of darkness because of rainy weather

[@ajrwilde14]

the name Scotland comes from the Scoti, tribes who invaded from northern Ireland

[@giannisch95]

@@ajrwilde14 Maybe, these are not my words, its ancient greek quotes i think from Pytheas of Masalia who went there

[@giannisch95]

@@ajrwilde14 Its a fact that scotos in greek means darkness

[@charlespeterwatson9051]

Considering how migratory humans were tens of millennia before the Christian Era, the term "indigenous" is always questionable, especially with regards to cultures without written histories.

[@stuffbywoody5497]

The Pictish Clans were still in existence even in the 1200's and 1300's and even later. I am descended from Thomas Dickson (Dicson) and the De Keiths (Earl Marischal of Scottland) who were from Pictish clans.

[@feonjun]

Are most parts of Scotland cloudy for most of the year like Seattle, where I'm at?

[@angussoutter7824]

Yep and we can get four seasons in one day 😂😂😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@carolinebarnes6832]

Really appreciate the music, beautiful.

[@rosemaryspearmint7209]

How does one dna test for Pictish lineage? I ve watched the game of thrones and learned about the chains across the harbors. It sparked my light research into the Viking stones and the Dunnard castle king foot stone as well as the seven brothers fish wolf boar ….symbols. Very curious about historical movements of cultures.

[@Jeanne7774]

I so want to go to visit that spot where the Picts lived.

[@trevormccracken9104]

Looking for more detailed info on MacNaughton surname Mccracken which was from MacNeachtain son of neach which were of picts eh?

[@bluerainbow956]

Is there a history between the Picts and stone of scone?

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

great video enjoyed

[@crofterlass3459]

One of the best ..Tk you

[@pravoslavn]

Thanks for this excellently narrated and filmed video. More "captioning" would be beneficial for those proper names.

[@danep8553]

What is this genetic marker?

[@alysencameron361]

A mark on the genome.

[@davidallard1980]

What info do you have about the earliest of their symbols?

[@dipinvideo]

Hi David, The most recent research on the early symbols from Dunnicaer near Stonehaven by Professor Gordon Noble and the University of Aberdeen archaeologists puts the dating of the stones earlier than had previously been thought. Chapter seven of his book on the Picts: The King in the North (2019) describes their findings. Noble writes as an archaeologist and does not try to explain what individual symbols might mean. I don't think there is any consensus on that subject yet ! On the web, the Pictish Arts Society is a great place to explore some of the issues and the University of Aberdeen's Northern Picts Project might also give you some information on the earliest stones. Alan Short

[@katiemoyer8679]

Thank you. 🕊💜🕊

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

My family is from the Taexili pict tribal area in Aberdeen. I am Taexili tribe, Norse, and Irish.

[@oldman9843]

Very interesting .

[@sanderson9338]

Great upload great info thankyou

[@berthayellowfinch1744]

Thank you for your research and video on the Picts history. They have been conveniently left out of history and something needs to be done to bring their history forward. There are some ancient writings that state the Picts were originally from Egypt and in fact related to Egyptian royalty. Most of the ancient writings are not in English and there are holes in the "paper" here and there but that aside, we need to do some translations.Thank you again.

[@ianleishman6774]

Bertha Yellowfinch are you referring to princess Scoti,whom legend suggests the Scots are derived from?

[@ItsJustMorris]

Huh , Egyptian royalty ? hahahahaha

[@tori0305ful]

Scotland was named for Scotia, a red headed Egyptian princess, descendant of Tutankhamun, who fled Egypt to the area now known as Scotland with the Scythian prince she had married. This theory is further supported by DNA tests that demonstrated 70% of the male population throught the UK had genetic links to Tutankhamun while conversely less than 1% of the male population of Egypt was found to have the same.

[@cyndiaiden4022]

I ask myself why does Pictish art (animals especially) resemble the tattoos found on a mummy half way across the globe on a princess, above the Altai? I am guessing from looking at them that the animals are ancient maps, showing trade routes, centers, and land and water features. If they are tattooed on, you won't get lost. (If they are maps.) This mapping system would have been brought by an ancient culture. The circles joined like a handle are also seen in another culture. As well the ponies maybe of the Steppes are also interesting.

[@mikha007]

+cyndi aides there were no copy right laws in those days

[@Avery_lee_bloxburg]

Your right to question. The picts originally came from Siberia then traveled to Finland then to Scandinavia then to Scotland

[@neilthornton3544]

The Picts were clearly Britons as shown in the video from there placenames like aberdeen

[@elizabethpratt3707]

Love this. Thanks ❤

[@LazlosPlane]

It is frustrating that no dates are given for the events regarding the early Picts.

[@JanetCaterina]

This tape doesn't go back to the origins, doesn't go back far enough. He just starts with, they were the indigenous people of Scotland. But they weren't.

[@themagicdragon2011]

@@JanetCaterina Well it seems you're fishing for a reply so... elaborate... you made a "finite" statement. So elaborate... What's your info and where did you get it from?

[@jeanninegodwin2285]

@@JanetCaterina He did state it was believed the Picts were of Scythian origin from East of the Black Sea. The Scythian people were a fierce, warlike people.

[@judahvance2572]

Question what are the four oldest symbols and names

[@dipinvideo]

Class one stones are older than class two but I can’t say with any certainty which four of the symbols appearing on the class one stones are the oldest. The cave symbols in East Wemyss and at the sculptor’s cave at Covesea near Lossiemouth are likely to be very early examples of the class one symbols. The cave symbols include the Crescent and V Rod, the Double Disc without Z rod and possibly the Pictish beast .There are also carvings of a fish and possibly the mirror and comb but scholars don’t think that these carvings have the same meaning as the other Pictish symbols. The four symbols which appear most frequently on all the symbol stones are the Crescent and V Rod, Double disc and V rod, the Pictish beast and the double disc on its own. So there does appear to be some sort of correlation between frequency and age.

[@justaman-km1hl]

Dip In Video fantastic and informative program! Thanks for it. Greetings from clan Gunn Florida US.

[@ianleishman6774]

Dip In Video very enjoyable video,as are the others.though I have to say the more I watch on the picts, paradoxically the less I understand! I'm from Fife incidentally,and North East Fife still seems too be a little pictish enclave.also more red heads there than I've seen anywhere in my life!not sure if that would relate too the picts or not,but it's certainly notable!this is likely unrelated,but does the term 'the kingdom of Fife'The go back to pictish times?

[@mikesemon7392]

Judah Vance Cu Chaillen, Oisin and Neve, Tuirean, Lugh and others from the Tuathe De Dannan. Ancient Irish mythology based in truth.

[@johnmcintosh5465]

Mike Semon My arse

[@gruaim]

striking resemblances between the pictish and scythian symbology

[@lembuarni7336]

hello I have found three place names in Scotland that have an Estonian meaning Laide (shallow sea), PoolWe (semi-water), Ullapool (Above). Continental Europe has many old place names with Estonian origins.

[@frogman4700]

you're saying picts might have had ugro finnish background?

[@lembuarni7336]

According to the Romans, the picts initially lived on the banks of the Loire River. From there, they traveled to the British Isles to look for a vacancy for the Goths and Celts. The Pikes had twenty Viking ships. Approximately 60% of the Gallia place names written by Caesar were of Finno-Ugric origin.@@frogman4700

[@lembuarni7336]

@@frogman4700 Gene study: The peoples of India are of similar origin to Estonians and finns.Mohenjo Daro and Harappa culture.What was destroyed by a major catastrophe (nuclear war, etc.). We are Aryans :-). Descendants of the Elves.

[@SnowMonkeyCantSing]

Ullapool is "wool pool," from the Norse, or possibly from the woman's name, Ulla + pool. The other two names could be Norse as well, though I need to hear them pronounced to be certain.

[@Avery_lee_bloxburg]

They originally came from Siberia then traveled to finland then to Scandinavia then to Scotland

[@yawarhussain7219]

I have read that much of the older Welsh literature was composed in what is today Scotland, though I wish to know did this Welsh Urheimat extend to Shetland Islands?

[@dipinvideo]

Yaver Historians seem to agree that pre-Norse Shetland was culturally "Pictish" . Symbol stones and other aspects of material culture confirm this. Politically, Shetland is thought to have been within the sphere of influence of the northern Pictish state of Fortriu, centred on the Moray Firth. The Viking incursions into Shetland in the 8th century changed all of this and also replaced the language of the indigenous inhabitants with Norse. If I understand the current thinking ,there are no examples of the pre-Norse language in Shetland place names .This makes it impossible to identify the language spoken in Shetland prior to the Scandinavian colonisation. Most writers have assumed that the pre-Norse inhabitants of Shetland would have spoken Pictish which is as you say is related to the Brittonic language but in a recent article ,Dr Alex Woolf raised the possibility that they might have been Gaelic speakers who had moved to Shetland from Western Scotland! At the moment it's impossible to make definitive statements given the lack of evidence.

[@michalinamarkowska8930]

So Pitlochry is also a Pictish name; what does it mean?

[@QueenDianaWifeOfLlry]

I'm doing research regarding the representation of the Picts in entertainment medias. Do we know anything about their death rituals?

[@TheVeek192]

Do your own research.

[@jackduffy1817]

I offer a thank you, To the narrator of this video, Na dooniawosl, Learned Man, In search of heritage, I have come to regard my self as part of the Siol Alpine, The 5 clan's out of Clan Mac Alpine, I am now told there are 7 clans, And in fact we are descendents of the picts, So this means that when I go to a football match I can paint my face blue, I can handle that, But I will disregard the comments that we were sheep stealers and cattle thieves.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

Jack Duffy, There are seven clans of Siol Alpin, they are :- MacNab, MacGregor, MacKinnon, MacQuarrie, Grant, MacAulay and MacFie. These seven clans are directly descended from the Pictish King Alpin and through his son King Kenneth I, the first king to unite the Picts and the Scots. I fail to understand why you regard yourself as a part of Siol Alpin, the name Duffy is of Irish origin, originally spelled O Dubhthaigh in Irish Gaelic. Duffy's are descended from one of the Heremon kings of Ireland, namely Cahir Mon of Leinster. As a MacGregor, I can claim descent from Siol Alpin, our clan motto is 'S Rioghal Mo Dhream (Royal is My Race). Rob Roy MacGregor coined the phrase "Black Mail", extorting money from livestock owners on the promise that neither he nor his clansmen would rustle the paying owners herds. Cattle and Sheep rustling was a way of survival for some Highland clansmen. Ownership of land and livestock were held by the law of the sword.

[@jackduffy1817]

David MacGregor, Thank you David for your input, Back in the 1970s the Clan Chief Mac-Fee, lived here in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has past on now, Chief Earl Duglas, Mac-Fee, Insisted that, Coffy, Cathy, Hathy, Duffy, And others, Were Clane Mac-Fee, He is still regarded heer as, Na-dooniawosl, Learned Man, So let me call out, Coom-Ra Bass-Alpin, Remember the death of Mac-Alpine.

[@jackduffy1817]

The Pictus, From Isiaths whence they came.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

@@jackduffy1817 Thank you for your reply Jack, sorry about my late reply. It's possible that the names you mentioned above were Septs of Clan MacFee, or MacFie. A Sept is a famIly who are not directly related to a Clan through it's bloodline, but when they show loyalty to a Clan they are treated as though they are a fully fledged member of the Clan and are given protection by the Clan.

[@Yakkityyak248]

I enjoyed that. I'm a Buchan loon fae Buchan folk

[@nicollnery9031]

Can someone confirm something to me? When I was researching my ancestry I found that my family (Nery) is descendent os the Picts, but is that true?

[@Ireallylikeeggs]

Yeah I just asked my dad and he said it is true

[@fidelogos7098]

@@Ireallylikeeggs My dad said it wasn't true.

[@jodigalloway6818]

My dad said maybe

[@jodigalloway6818]

I checked. Its definitely maybe

[@carolgould5532]

I read years ago that the surname of Stonger is actially from an ancient pictish name. Wondering if this is accurate.

[@paulusaurelius5021]

The artwork is very similar to that found in Gobekli tepee and the Baltic region in general. It appears they were forced to migrate west at some point.

[@gerx18]

I found the Onkney's to be the most interesting in historical site's

[@richardsleep2045]

Interesting, seems to have kicked of a debate , thanks

[@PicRic]

Are the picts descendants of the beaker people?

[@mikeryan9521]

at 2:06 you see the hill behind him...looks like a very ancient sphinxt

[@christophersmith5691]

On your maps Pictland doesn't extend as far south as the Antonine wall site. Is that where the confederation of the Maeatae was situated. It doesn't seem likely that the latter were directly north of Hadrian's wall in which area the Romans dominated with outlying forts and roads and paid subsidies under treaty to the tribes there. So, in order to plunder Britannia, the Picts used their skill as sailors, bypassing intervening terrain. They were 'transmarini' , from across the sea

[@davidhynds]

Surprised you didn't explain more the difference between the Christianity parcticed and the one that came from Northumbria, as, at that time everything revolves around belief... less fashionable now, however most base to culture back then. However the rest was very very informative, thank you.

[@Svensk7119]

I remember reading about the Picts when I was young ( a long time ago) and back then, the Picts were considered a completely different language group, since so little was known about them. I remember my brother saying they must have become a substrate of Scottish. I wonder when that point of view changed.

[@davidpaterson2309]

I did too, +55 years ago. But there has been a great deal more research since then and much less credence given to the opinions (hardly research) of the 19th c historians and antiquarians that we used to believe. There are lots of resources online about the archeological finds (eg much larger settlements than previously thought, evidence of trade with far distant places), linguistic research (the modern consensus is that Pictish was a branch of “Common Brittonic” the root language of most pre Roman Britons) and of course DNA research which was unheard of back then (the unique Pictish DNA marker has been isolated from bones found in archeological digs - and in modern Scotland is still most commonly found in the area of former Pictland). It’s all part of a much greater interest in and research of the early history of what is now Scotland, which turns out to be a lot less like the “misty Celtic twilight” of 19th c romanticism and a lot more like “Game of Thrones” (minus the dragons) with 5 quite different cultural and language groups vying for dominance over a 500 year period. Worth looking into it, it’s fascinating.

[@michealmccabe4666]

Best I've watched in ages

[@youcanthandlethetruth8873]

picts are my favorit ancient culture, together with the huns and the goths.

[@ArchieWilsonVocalist]

Yeah the 80s were great

[@SaorAlba1970]

Most Scots have the Russian Steppe Gene (from the picts no other part of the British isles has this gene ) so the Scythia legend has a element of truth the Scythians language was written in hieroglyphs just like on the Pictish standing stones www.scotsman.com/news/politics/genetics-show-many-scots-are-descended-russian-nomads-1463717

[@MrCZitizen]

I really enjoyed video however I would like to point out error at 3:29 ( map ). Should be Scythia ( not Sycthia ).

[@TheVeek192]

Whatever. I'm sure that we'll all be ok.

[@johnmcintosh5465]

Oh now your just being pickty 😂✌️

[@MrCZitizen]

@@johnmcintosh5465 :D

[@barryansell5981]

found any bones of these people yet?

[@The-R-Evolution]

Picts were the Sardinian exiles when Rome defeated Carthage about 230 BCE. The Sardinian Nurages were the mining and metal specialists of the Phoenician trading network. Look at where the brochs are and where the old mines were. They were coming to the British Isles for a long long time before the Roman invasion of their island. The bull cult was primary in Nuragia; look at the bull carving from Burghead fort. 🤔

[@dhaltonmiller1215]

White people are Jews?

[@redtobertshateshandles]

I'm just going to enjoy your video and not read the comments. Thanks for showing.

[@jorgikralj905]

Nice. Maybe some simillarity between Picts and Slovenian only we had luck to survive by name and language.

[@blairurquhart4527]

One mistake I found here Urquhart is Pict Surname since the word is not Scottish,Irish,German though the saxans or Viking it would be a pict Surname.

[@nathansymonds5192]

Did the Picts have red hair?

[@marypetrie930]

Wrong flag for the Picts?

[@KellyLouiseBrown]

I am Welsh. But my ancestors are Scottish on my Maternal side. Came down to Welsh Valleys for mining work.

[@johnvanwijngaarden4632]

To my knowledge 'Picti' meant nothing more then 'the painted', so I do not get the continued referral of the roman term to the use of pictland... as romans were long gone by that point. It looks to me that you are trying to find a word for a people that never called themselves pict...in other words, you do not even know their actual name as a people, thus stick to a roman terminology (which is most definitely wrong) Alas they did not leave behind written texts, but plenty of symbols, maybe one of those reveal their true name?(probably would be fairly commonly found)

[@mikem9001]

The Gaels, the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons all referred to the Picts as Picts. It became so common that by the 9th century we can be fairly sure that the Picts themselves were using the term.

[@blueskies6475]

Stop encouraging people to be tattooed!! 🥺 Pict simply means "big pects and big balls."