Who were the Picts?

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Today, the word Celtic means so many things. To most of us, it means something related to Ireland. We think of intricately designed Irish crosses, four-leaf clovers, and some of the more well-known stories of Celtic mythology. However, while Celtic culture has stayed alive in Ireland, its roots run much deeper, and they extend much farther than the small island nation off the coast of modern-day Great Britain.

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[robertlandpodcast]

For a big history fan myself and most likely of pict descent I fancy this vid! Thank you captivating history for putting out such great stuff on the daily. I know there are other history buffs that have to appreciate this channel as much as I do

[stevemelvin]

I enjoy scottish history, liked your video.

[Vanic]

0:11, you should have shown the Woads from King Arthur (2004), instead of Jake Sully from Avatar. Your talking about a celtic people, yet you show a movie thats more like Dances with Wolves.

[johnhenderson]

The picts was used to describe a group of people who lived in Scotland and France Pictones. The picts invaded the Scots for 1000 years, they were of Greek Father and Egyptian mother> Ref: the chronicles of the picts is a real book, the picts also expelled the scots to norway and ireland, And the carved stones are only found in Angus and Aberdeenshire not across the whole of scotland, you should read this and make a video Chronicles of the Picts, chronicles of the Scots, and other early memorials of Scottish history 1867, At that time the sea was lower you could walk to orkney from scotland

[williamburke]

The Picts were aliens. Just check out the sky's on your next visit to Loch Ness on your quest for that elusive Nessie photo.