But Thames is pre-Celtic the equivalent of pre-Pictish. You could just take the point it’s really old…

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Carved in Stone is a game-ready setting guide to Scotland’s Pictish peoples, for players, historians and enthusiasts of all ages! We’re pushing for exciting stretch goals you won’t want to miss out on - go to https://t.co/xUQnxhrty1 to find out more!

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The Cimmerian Beyond The Black River
In the dense jungle of The Picte country, Conan saves Balthus, a young Aquilonian volunteer, from Pictish warriors. Writer Robert E. Howard, adapted by Mathieu Gabella, Artist Anthony Jean: Howard’s odd western-like fantasy; well-done. 4/5

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With a head & neck of a horse, tail of a fish & webbed paws as front hooves; the Hippocampus is the offical chariot-puller of Poseidon. With the ability to gallop on water, this Greco hybrid creature is shared by Phoenician, Etruscan, Pictish, & Roman 

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A Pictish Minotaur for Ryse: son of Rome

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Serpent-like symbols on Pictish stones (like this Highland example, now in ) have fuelled the Loch Ness monster legend for centuries 🐍

Over 1,200 years after it was carved, the story continued when the first reported photo of the beast was published in 1934.

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A Pictish minotaur for Ryse:Son of Rome. The idea was that, like in the 13th warrior, in the imagination of the Roman soldier the Picts appear as actual monsters, but when they're killed you realize they're humans in suits with skulls on their heads.

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I am trying to come up with a name for my new short story about a Pictish warrior woman & a Sarmatian warrior woman fighting, then falling in love + adventure.

Humm..

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Since the Scots all famously descend from the Egyptian princess Scota, that's, of course, the Set animal Sha she brought with her and mightly impressed her new Pictish neighbours.

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Reconstruction of the probably Pictish outpost of Dundurn, Perthshire, by Peter Dennis, and the site today. Perhaps a key stronghold of the Pictish kingdom of Atholl, it was torched in 682.

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We should have seen more of Franco Columbu as the Pictish Scout in CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1982). Another great Ron Cobb design.

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“Bloody battles, Roman legions, Pictish armies, supernatural entities and the mist covered hills of my homeland... how could I fail to be charmed? Fans of David Gemmell will lap up this earthy, brutal fantasy.” – William Meikle
https://t.co/UMQ4iYlm1V

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For mermay should I draw these Pictish lads again?

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Genetic analysis has found that a Pictish man who was killed and buried in a cave in the Highlands 1,400 years ago had links to 🧬

Known as “Rosemarkie Man”, his genetics were found to be most similar to other Iron Age individuals from Westray: https://t.co/t16UNEwxeH

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Historical fashion Days 5 - 8!
5. Pictish Warrior🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
6. 17th CE Age of Sail - Pirate, obviously🏴‍☠️
7. Neolithic Age🦴
8. 1813 Terror Age of Sail - based on Dr. Goodsir 🥶

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Detail of the gorgeous interlocking spiral design surrounding the Pictish Dragon Stone dating from the 8th century and excavated in 1997.

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Dr Thomas Wise collected everything from Egyptian amulets to Irish copper axes and wrote treatise on subjects as varied as the Hindu system of medicine and Buddhist imagery on Pictish stones.

Explore his "cabinet of curiosities" at our Wise Ways exhibition, open until 25 August.

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A Pictish man who had a "brutal death" about 1,400 years ago could have been royalty 👑

In 2016, “Rosemarkie Man” was found in a cave in the Black Isle in the

The man enjoyed a high-protein diet, suggesting he was a high-status individual: https://t.co/FDXPeFoy8h

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Hospitalfield’s Summer Festival 'We're Taking You To The Future' draws to a close on Saturday 6 July with the third edition of Beer & Berries in the daytime and Pictish Trail performing live in the evening: https://t.co/qE01YEV8RR

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