15 Fascinating Facts About The Picts - Scotland’s Lost History

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🎥 Who were the Picts of Scotland, where did they come from, what did they look like, and what happened to them? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Dive into the enigmatic history of the Picts, an ancient people who have captivated historians for centuries. In this video, we unravel the secrets of their origins, language, and unique culture…
00:24 - 📜 Origins and Name: Discover the roots of the Picts, known in Latin as "painted people," a nod to their intriguing body art and tattoos.
01:53 - 🔍 Language Mystery: Join us in exploring the enigmatic Pictish language, a linguistic puzzle linked to Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.
03:19 - 🗿 Symbol Stones: Marvel at the Picts' famous symbol stones, standing tall with symbols that spark debates about their true meanings.
04:45 - 🌿 Matrilineal Society: Uncover evidence of a matrilineal society, where inheritance followed the mother's line.
06:10 - 💎 Skilled Metalworkers: Admire their exquisite metalwork, from intricate jewelry to the iconic silver Pictish beast designs.
07:29 - 🏰 Fortifications: Witness the Picts' architectural prowess through their impressive hill forts and brochs.
08:44 - ✝️ Christianity: Learn about their conversion to Christianity in the 6th century and its impact on their culture.
09:57 - ⚔️ Battles Against Romans and Vikings: Relive the Picts' battles, resisting Roman invasions and Viking raids.
11:09 - 🌾 Agriculturalists and Hunters: Explore their life as agriculturalists, hunters, and fishermen, harnessing Scotland's rich natural resources.
12:21 - 👑 Pictish Kings: Delve into the mysterious world of Pictish kings and their enigmatic rule.
13:30 - 🖌️ Tattoos and Appearance: Visualize the Picts through Roman eyes, adorned with distinctive tattoos and unique attire.
14:40 - 🔄 Decline and Absorption: Trace their eventual merging with the Gaels, under the rule of King Kenneth MacAlpin.
15:43 - 🎨 Distinctive Art: Appreciate the intricate Pictish art, a legacy influencing Celtic and Scottish designs.
16:54 - 👸 Female Leaders: Acknowledge the powerful Pictish queens, a testament to women's significant roles in their society.
17:55 - 🧬 Legacy in Scottish Culture: Finally, discover the Picts' enduring legacy in Scottish culture and history.
Join us on this historical journey, unearthing the secrets of Scotland's past. 🗺️✨
#Picts #ScottishHistory #AncientCivilizations

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@UntoldHistoryYT 5 місяців тому

Are you also fascinated by the ancient Picts of Scotland? Let us know your favorite part about their culture in the comments below! ❤

@johncorrigan8366 2 місяці тому

I thought the word aber came from Viking language, I’m sure I’ve see the use of aber in Wales and some parts of England

@1nikg Місяць тому

I've been interested and tried to find out as much about the picts as possible, thanks for this video. Is it true they held meetings with the Christians standing at either side of a burn/stream or narrow river for the safety of each side like depicted at 8.53?

@The_Prophet... Місяць тому

I dont know if you forgotten that the Irish Clan called Scotti clan came to alba and settled and integrated with the Picts thats why the Romans called it Scotti-land meaning the land of the Irish and the Romans never conquered Scotland and thats why we are a celtic nation not British the Romans named England and Wales Britain/Britannia the English who call themselves British also mean its English it was the forced union it wasn't a handshake union of partners it was forced as many Scots was given land and titles by the English to fight other Scots to stop or religion or wearing of Tartan and the genocide of the Highland and the killing of the rebellious Jacobites Scots or language was stolen from us it was banned the Scots Gaelic and many other Scottish cultures but the English was good at that given money and land and titles to these traitors Scots cause the English couldn't beat us or anyone they used wealth which they stolen and today as suppose to better together campaign we vote we get what the English want they vote tory we vote Snp and they call us daft cause they fear the Scottish people its time for a free Scotland and finish off England iron grip on our power the only country in the world to become poor for finding oil and gas we pump fresh water to England we pump electricity to England we put billions into the bank of England which a scot founded and get buttons back and typical Westminster think they subsidise Scotland which is garbage if Scotland leaves we be far richer than Norway and up there with Saudi Arabia countries we Scotland gave the modern world its know all a small nation with a big heart

@brucecollins641 Місяць тому

@@The_Prophet... there was never an irish clan called scotti. the scotti was a name given to the gauls of the frankish regions of europe. they were always at war with the romans there so they fled to england. when the romans invaded england they then fled to and settled in scotland. that's why it's written and pronounced "gallic" in scotland..

@The_Prophet... Місяць тому

@@loadapish That is the language we speak in Scotland what did you expect Rab C Nisbet ffs....

@StuartAnderson-xl4bo 4 місяці тому

They were strongedt in Aberdeenshire the Cruthnie was their name before folk thought that was gailic they were the CE the bases were at Dunnottar, Dunucairn, Fitdee, Tap o noth they fought the romans at Mons graupius known locally as Bennachie, the Double disc and z rod is a Tribal vfamily crest, they spoke p-celtic and a mix of Brythonic, Arthur ans Merlin were Pictish, the beastie is the water horse spirit,animals and trees and water were sometimes sacred. They are still here and never left since Bridei or Nechtan there were 7 kingdoms of Cruthnie.

@UntoldHistoryYT 4 місяці тому

Very interesting - thank you for sharing!

@Grant-gk5mw 3 місяці тому

Was a Pictish kings seat not in Dundee? King Bridei I think his name was. Fought off Vikings at Carnoustie apparently.

@StuartAnderson-xl4bo 3 місяці тому

@Grant-gk5mw there were many Pictish Kings within the group even within each sub group like the CE and Cait. These seats of power were moved vi's marriage war and time sometimes Fortriu was the power othertimes others. There was no overarching King till Kenneth, Bridei is a famous Pictish name even carved in stone. The account of Bridei the 3rd is my favourite.

@johnmaclagan2263 2 місяці тому

Where is/was Fitdee ? New one on me l

@HowardArnold-be9ly 2 місяці тому

And a partridge in a pear tree! Could you repeat that please? We didn’t quite catch that.😄 (jk)

@williammacdiarmid6395 2 місяці тому

My people! The best people in the world. Alba gu brath!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️✊.

@nixonsmateruby1 Місяць тому

Second to Geordies.

@john.powell645 Місяць тому

@@nixonsmateruby1 scots second to geordies? Nah geordies are Scottish after birth we threw over the border that's evolved into modern day new Castle

@samford5153 24 дні тому

We're actual shite mate

@rachel-rb4bp 20 днів тому

Yes my ancestors were Picts

@jasonallen6081 20 днів тому

That's not pictish, that's colonial Irish spoken by Dai Riata colonists. The picts are different people altogether.

@maryjackson1194 4 місяці тому

I wonder if the matrilineal structure explains why the gravestones in Aberdeen's St. Nicholas graveyard show women by their maiden name, often identified as "wife of," showing they were a convention of retaining a woman's family name, not a lack of marriage.

@UntoldHistoryYT 4 місяці тому

Super interesting - thank you for sharing. It very well could be the case!

@lindasue8719 2 місяці тому

In Scotland at least, I'm aware that baby girls are given their mother's maiden name as their middle name, thus identifying ** and preserving** the matrilineage.

@annerigby4400 18 днів тому

This is also something that was done in France - women were/are recorded by their maiden name (but go by their married name) and I think it had more to do with mortality than matriachy (in France). Many people had official standard first names - there were many, many people with the same first name so a man could have had three wives called Marie and nobody would know they were different women unless they kept their maiden name (I'm guessing this might be the reason, having gone through loads and loads of registrations from the past (starting in early 1600's)). In today's Belgium, a married woman keeps her maiden name, but the children take on the father's name. From what I understood from my russian lessons many years ago, in Russia a woman has her own first name followed by her mother's name with the suffix -ovna added. Men have their own first name followed by their father's name with the suffix -ovitch added. So, for instance a girl called Anastasia whose mother was Polina, would be called Anastasia Polinovna and a boy named Ilya whose father was Andrey would be called Ilya Andreyovitch. Is there not something similar in Scandinavian countries? my point here is that women keeping their maiden name or 'inheriting' their mother's name doesn't necessarily mean matriachy, but might have more to do with high mortality of mothers in the past - if there is a family of six or seven surviving children, from three or four different mothers, then they would want to know who their mother is particularly when it comes to getting married. They could marry a cousin through a step-mother, but preferably not through their own mother, for instance.

@janetmackinnon3411 13 днів тому

@@lindasue8719 Not just baby girks---boys too. I thinnk yhis tradition is dying out.

@davidhenry3650 День тому

@maryjackson Even in the 18th century, married Scottish females going to the American colonies with their husbands and children were listed by their maiden names on the ships' passenger lists. Grave monuments/headstones on the Isle of Arran from the late 18th century and early 19th century, for example, show the wife's maiden name and identify her as the wife. So, identifying by maiden name in Scotland, at least to the 18th century, seems to have been the tradition. What a pity the parish records that were not destroyed during the Clearance don't indicate the maiden names for married women.

@an-dagda6276 2 місяці тому

Thank you my friend. This is my ancestral heritage and I have a broad oral knowledge of my people. Doing my genetics I helped fill a massive hole in history tae the point they upgraded my position for free due to me having rare genetics. SOAR ALBA! SIOL NAN GAIDHAEL! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@UntoldHistoryYT 2 місяці тому

Thank you for watching! 🙂

@1daydecorating 2 місяці тому

Do tell!

@an-dagda6276 2 місяці тому

@@UntoldHistoryYT Some things are incorrect but this happens as most of my ancestors kept these traditions and heritage a secret I have people with PhDs and University degrees from America scream at me because they had no idea about or what I was talking about yet I am a Native to these still makes me chuckle. I would happily tell but my channel hasn’t grown and no one is showing interest so I’ll keep it a secret for the time being; also I am expecting a child so I am busy to sit down and craft something of beauty to venerate my bloodline… 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🫡

@KaiColloquoun-gt7kw Місяць тому

The Picts did not speak Gaelic. At least not as a first language.

@valeriewedel2775 Місяць тому

I am the product of our ancestors diaspora. I was deeply moved when I returned to the Highlands in 2022.❤❤❤

@billmalone5050 2 місяці тому

Julius Ceasar never led his Roman legions against the Picts because he never made it that far north into what is now present day Scotland.

@Irish780 Місяць тому

Or Ireland

@Codex7777 Місяць тому

Or Wales, or 95%+ of England...

@garymcatear822 2 місяці тому

The Picts were the direct descendants of the people who built the first stone circles, and those people were probably there since the end of the last ice age 12,800 years ago.

@Ghost2743 Місяць тому

100%, a few of the first male lineages there (branches of I2) were also the central figures of the great Neolithic tombs across the isles, mostly I2-M284, which survives today PRIMARILY in Scotland. It's also my own paternal line. 😁 What out for those Fergusons, Gillespies, Hunters, Hendersons, McLeans, McEvoys Thompsons etc. 😆😅

@jamyDodger Місяць тому

Where did the picts come from? I'm looking into my family heritage and just did a 23 and me and thinking I had vikings and stuff thought it wud be soo cool to look into but I'm a bit lost. So instead I got 99.6% British 0.2% north africa and 0.2% siberian....

@garymcatear822 Місяць тому

@@jamyDodger During the last ice age which began around 14,000 years ago the human race bottleknecked (there couldn't have been more than 50,000 humans left after the ice caps retreated 12,800 years ago. As the ice sheets retreated towards the Earths poles different tribes followed the retreating ice sheets, one tribe headed north until they came to what is known today as Scotland (as they were advancing north parts of their tribe would have settled in various lands along their journey before they reached Scotland. The ones that reached Scotland and settled their were hunter gatherers and are known today as neolithic Scots. Their direct descendands 10,000 years later were the Picts. Also my theory is that the Vikings are direct descendants of those Neolithic Scots and i think this because they couldn't be descended from anyone else. Those early neolithic Scots would have continued to follow the retreating ice sheets until they reached the Nordic countries and settled there too.

@jamyDodger Місяць тому

@@garymcatear822 I see...so if I'm 99.6% British and Irish...with Scots and Wales...do I come from these people or wud I be 100% ... the siberian and North African I'm told don't mean much but I've no idea....

@garymcatear822 Місяць тому

@@jamyDodger If you're found to be 96% from the British isles then there is a 100% chance you're from the neolithic people of Britian. Although if you are 4% north African that can mean either of 2 possibilities...4% N African probably means your bloodline originated in N Africa because the further back in time you go the more the DNA has been diluted since the neolithic times. Or there was some interracial marriage at some point in your bloodlines history with your DNA being diluted. Are you from the UK? Knowing were your family come from in the past and were they are from now and for how long gives clues of your bloodlines.

@PurebloodStalker 21 день тому

We have one in the home town of Alloa, in, Scotland. As a child it fascinated, me! My father told me what it was. My father’s knowledge on Scottish history was amazing. I was well taught.

@brucebean2805 2 місяці тому

The movie Centurion, I found very informative concerning the Picts. The movie was set in the Roman period when they passed Hadrian wall and engaged the Picts. Roman records reported that an entire legion was lost to the Picts during this time. 🎉

@UntoldHistoryYT 2 місяці тому

Thanks for sharing. Will have to check it out! 🍿

@ibexlodge213 2 місяці тому

Great movie 👍

@jamesmccusker2260 2 місяці тому

its because they were large fierce warriors who understood the unforgiving land. They never referred to themselves as 'Picts' it was a Roman term meaning painted ones/tatooed. Romans were terrified of them and were beaten with guerrilla style warfare.

@ianseymour5511 Місяць тому

The 13th legion.

@1nikg Місяць тому

I've read about the legion being lost to the picts but had no idea of the movie. Thanks

@amyzzz9681 18 днів тому

This is so fascinating! I’ve been teaching myself to speak and read Irish over the past couple years, and I recently added Scottish Gaelic so I’m learning both, and I feel like I’m really getting in touch with my ancestry. I know that my maternal grandmother came from Belfast, Ireland, and my paternal grandmother was a McCormick (which kind of McCormick/McCormack/MacCormick I do not know!), so maybe she was Scotch-Irish but I’m not sure. I love the Pictish art, stones, and jewelry displayed here, and the matrilineal society is so unusual and intriguing for the time period and area. Terrific video!

@christopherjcarson 3 місяці тому

Excellent piece,very informative!

@UntoldHistoryYT 3 місяці тому

Thank you, Christopher! Glad you liked it. 😀

@groenrizla2513 Місяць тому

The Pict history seems to be equivalent to the Germanic tribes in that the history has been somewhat lost into the realms of myth and oddly there seems to be an overlap of history with the old indigenous tribes of Europe and their beliefs and the next migration of Europeans such as the biblical tribes of Israel. From a biblical perspective the first group supposedly from the decendants of Japheth which is considered the first Europeans and the later migration group supposedly from the decendants of Jacob, from where so many place names, symbols, coats of arms and traditions originate from which is supported by linguistics and DNA but it almost seems as if history was written over. The British royal family still follow the tradition of coronation with a stone believed to have been the stone used as a pillow by Jacob. The tribe of Dan seems to have played a big role in European and UK history especially with the Welsh who not only call themselves the Cumry but their ancient language they still speak which was apparently even used to decider ancient scrolls as their alphabet is almost identical to the language of cerrain discovered scrolls, explaining their red flag and dragon which were symbols of the tribe of Dan. I also learnt that these original tribes that founded Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Western parts of England may have been wiped out by a meteor in 600 AD. However the history of the Picts and or Scottish and the reason why kings came from the mothers side etc is explained in other vids which connects the country's mythology and 1 such channel was by Robert Sepehr who sparked my curiosity into such topics. The more one looks into this the deeper it seems to get. 1 thing that seems clear to me is that our current history books are not telling the truth about many things abd it's a mission to piece it all together. It seems the end of the world has already occurred and we merely repeating history and being controlled through religions and certain societies and that we've had many resets and the last one was not that long ago.

@ConradAinger Місяць тому

In AD84 there was a ferocious battle between what the Romans called the Caledonians at Mons Graupius. This was probably somewhere north of Dundee. The Roman legions stood back and left most of the fighting to their Germanic auxiliaries. According to the Romans, they won. But of course we only have their account of it. Whether the Caledonians were the Picts is uncertain.

@molecatcher3383 4 місяці тому

Pictures in this video that show the Picts wearing kilts is historically wrong. Kilts were not invented until the medieval time and the images presented on carved Pictish stones do not show anybody wearing kilts.

@bretthess6376 4 місяці тому

Incorrect. Kilts and similar garments are very ancient.

@molecatcher3383 4 місяці тому

@@bretthess6376 You are mistaken. Do a search for Pictish clothes and Fashon. You will see that the men worn trousers, not kilts. Even wikiepedia says that kilts were invented around the 16th century.

@davecordes6121 4 місяці тому

You are correct, molecatcher. . . Even the kilts worn in Braveheart are Too early.

@SkyeSage17 3 місяці тому

@@davecordes6121 The Picts were more advanced than what Roman his-tory records. It's not that hard to weave a tartan. 😮

@veronicalogotheti1162 3 місяці тому

I read in the 19 century this era

@user-uk9yw6go8h Місяць тому

Very interesting. You have opened up a new world for me to explore! Thank you.

@UntoldHistoryYT Місяць тому

You are most welcome! Super glad you enjoyed it. 👍

@SirTraleen Місяць тому

Great video; beautifully edited!

@UntoldHistoryYT Місяць тому

Thank you - much appreciated! 🙏

@elenafetter9690 29 днів тому

I love how they fought off Romans...my mom when I was a kid would read to me out of ancient history books. She was so adamant to remind me that our family, her family came from Scotland. The architecture and art is very interesting to me.

@jameskelman9856 2 місяці тому

Nicely done , Thanks . Subscribed

@UntoldHistoryYT 2 місяці тому

Thanks for the sub! ❤️

@joshuaperkins9916 Місяць тому

I would say the Picts are a good example of early Bell Beaker tribes and Neolithic Farmers merging and developing together. Lots of early type IE art some what similar to Germanic tribes and Scythians, with a blend of Neolithic and Bell Beaker architecture.

@MrToddChris 2 місяці тому

To me it’s more than obvious the links between the Picts and people such as the Scythians, Māori and the people of Gobekli Tepe.

@Grahamisthesword Місяць тому

How? They are all very different from each other!

@theNeathBoy Місяць тому

How? Massive leaps in logic. Or rather lack of logic.

@johncurtis142 Місяць тому

That's a bit of a stretch. Bloody hell...

@cecileroy557 22 дні тому

I did see two different standing stones which reminded me of Gobekli Tepe.

@issimondias День тому

The Picts and the Māori linked?

@jefflittle8872 Місяць тому

The kilt and the name make the garment a specific item and style of clothing..people were wrapped in cloth long before it became known as a kilt.

@tonnywildweasel8138 16 днів тому

Very interesting and informative vid !! Thanks, I appreciate it 👍

@josephhenry4725 4 місяці тому

The picts are the original people like the aboriginals of australia.

@lifeliver9000 2 місяці тому

Nah heaps of human species before. Even before aboriginals in Aussie. Humans go back a long way

@josephhenry4725 Місяць тому

Of course we all go back to apes ..numpty ..but as the KNOWN INDIGENOUS people..the picts have no predecessors ..ipso facto ..aboriginals.

@user-qu6op5zl2f Місяць тому

@@lifeliver9000there’s absolutely 100% no evidence of any human group of people occupying Australia prior to the Aboriginal people. Only theories, with no basis of fact, and anything found around the world older than the homosapian human skeleton of an Aboriginal Australian male buried around 40,000 years ago, is always a “pre- human ancestor” non homosapian (pretty much a monkey that aint human at all)

@lifeliver9000 Місяць тому

@@user-qu6op5zl2f you know the world being round was a conspiracy theory aye? Labelling and attacking, I know is rife in closed minded historians. But doesn’t make it right

@user-qu6op5zl2f Місяць тому

I really like this video! What a beautiful culture!! Thankyou for the video

@UntoldHistoryYT 27 днів тому

Thanks so much! 🙏 Really glad you enjoyed it!

@Horseyperson12 20 днів тому

You answered your own question. Picts blended in like Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Vikings. 😊😊

@Harvskyz1993 Місяць тому

i remember working in civil engineering years ago and we dug up a pictish stone with a carving of a man on it central scotland, interesting stuff!

@radiojet1429 18 днів тому

Wonderful, informative video - thanks!

@UntoldHistoryYT 17 днів тому

Thank you - super glad you enjoyed it! 😊

@HarpMuse 3 місяці тому

Just a thought on why the family lines were traced through the women ... if monogomy wasn't a big thing, as it later became, the only way to know for sure your lineage was through the mother. And perhaps monogamy became so important (for the woman that is) when male dominated cultures came in, in order for men to secure their lineage and dominance. Just a thought.

@UntoldHistoryYT 3 місяці тому

Makes sense and certainly possible. Thank you for sharing! 🙂

@HarpMuse 3 місяці тому

😁@@UntoldHistoryYT

@seanmckeown2920 2 місяці тому

Some Pacific island cultures still use this ideal of ancestry recording.

@seanmckeown2920 2 місяці тому

And the Aztecs Maya did it too

@2anthro 2 місяці тому

Being a Jew comes thru the mother.

@redwawst3258 2 місяці тому

Fascinating 😊

@UntoldHistoryYT 2 місяці тому

Glad you enjoyed the video! 😁

@christopheraliaga-kelly6254 4 місяці тому

If anyone who is of Scottish origin or descent asks me what happened to the Picts, I tell them to look in the mirror. The Picts became the Scots! The reason they are so "mysterious" is that all we know about them was written by their eight ours, such as the Scots and Northern English. None of the histories and tales they wrote have survived!

@demonia2848 3 місяці тому

My surname is a Picts word which is common in Aberdeen.

@veronicalogotheti1162 3 місяці тому

They didn't write

@UntoldHistoryYT 3 місяці тому

Very cool! What's the name, if you don't mind sharing?

@ericbutler739 2 місяці тому

Reminds me of being in the Riviera of Mexico as a native told me the Mayans were gone, never realizing he was Mayan.

@David-gh6vp 2 місяці тому

Picts assimilated into Welch culture as well as Scottish. at least there has been talk of this among the Welch.

@michaelmcclafferty3346 4 дні тому

A fascinating and well produced video. Thanks very much. I live in Burghead , Morayshire once the northern capital of the Pictish kingdom in Scotland. Locals here today are called Brochers coming from the Broch of the Picts.

@jamescant6625 29 днів тому

The Picts didn't vanish , we are still here amongst you .

@lovelyskull3483 9 днів тому

Agreed. Incredible people.

@racheltoler3895 22 дні тому

Such a good video!

@UntoldHistoryYT 17 днів тому

Thank you very much, Rachel! So glad you enjoyed it. 🙏❤️

@archeologicalstudent5234 2 місяці тому

Reminds me of the back country husbandry culture in America today in the Appalachian mountains. Some families even had a genetic mutation that their skin was all blue

@yoshijb9428 2 місяці тому

That's from either A. Incest B. Exposure to colloidal silver C. A combination of both.

@jillperkins4611 Місяць тому

I had met someone who had blue skin. His skin was purple when he was overheated, then was smurf blue he looked like Papa Smurf with white hair and beard.

@amyzzz9681 18 днів тому

Wiki: “The Fugates, commonly known as the "Blue Fugates" or the "Blue People of Kentucky", are an ancestral family living in the hills of Kentucky starting in the 19th century, where they are known for having a genetic trait that led to the blood disorder methemoglobinemia, causing the skin to appear blue.”

@neilsmith3691 Місяць тому

I read/heard somewhere that the blue paint/dye they used to cover their bodies may have had antiseptic properties meaning any wounds inflicted in battle would have less chance of infection. Not sure if this is true or not, but if it is it shows great understanding of the nature around them

@johndelaney459 17 днів тому

did anyone ever think of connecting the Picts with the indigenous population of america who also painted their bodies

@donitaforrest9064 Місяць тому

The "beast" ... it's the mythology surrounding the Loch Ness Monster. Prehistoric water creatures survived for a long time in the Scottish Lochs. EQUALS: Scottish women are just as brave and intelligent as Scottish men. Therefore if proven to be so inclined, they were also listened to and respected as leaders of their clans.

@user-xs2bf6vb9t Місяць тому

Take a shot every time the narrator says "...matrilineal succession..." 😂

@user-up1kd9hf1s 29 днів тому

Very interesting !

@UntoldHistoryYT 17 днів тому

Glad you enjoyed the video! 😀

@johncurtis6462 4 місяці тому

We know where the Picts came from and where they went to from DNA evidence. They aren't as mysterious as they used to be.

@petelamps6055 Місяць тому

I lived in pitcaple as a child, between insch and Inverurie. Seems strange to not see pitmachie on the list

@duncancallum 15 днів тому

There probably is more places starting with Pit in Perthshire there is a place called Pitkeathly which is my surname.

@SuperZekethefreak 8 днів тому

The original homeland of the Picts was in Jutland, where the woad plants they needed for their tattoos or Pict-ures grew in abundance. This is according to Herodotus btw. They migrated to France where they founded 12 small kingdoms. When Troy fell and the survivors from Ilia migrated to the islands they named Britian after their leader Brutus, something occurred to demolish the Pictish kingdoms in France, and a group of survivors sailed to Britain to appeal for sanctuary. The Brits had just conquered Ireland and they gave the Picts the northern part of Britain on three conditions - they merge with the Danaan women of Ireland, they forever exist in a Matriarchy ruled by the Danaan, and they eradicate the remaining giants who lived to the north. That's how Scotland came to be created and the Picts came to live there when this was never their original homeland. Relatedly, the Saxons and Anglos also came from the area around Jutland, with the Anglos claiming they had been led to the British islands by their god Ingve, so the migration of all of these "Germanic" tribes to the west may have been organized by someone very powerful.

@lauracromartie413 2 дні тому

Enki?

@tipodeincognito6518 Місяць тому

Nice video 😊 besides the movie " Centurion" you can appreciate an interesting characterization of Picts on the movie " King Arthur" although they speak Gaelic 😅 Greetings from Galicia!

@UntoldHistoryYT Місяць тому

Glad you enjoyed the video! 😊 Thank you for the movie recommendations! 🍿

@user-th3ll8rl7i 2 місяці тому

My take away is that the Picts were Celts, or another subset of Celtic civilisation. I had thought they were something else before.

@mk.5706 2 місяці тому

Fact no. 1 comes before you mention your first fact: the kilt these tattooed people are shown in within the first minute where invented about 1.000 years after the picts vanished.

@johnkidd797 Місяць тому

The beastie is a dolphin, they must have seen them as we do in the Moray Firth and marvelled at them as we still do. Im not the only Highlander that believes this.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@UntoldHistoryYT Місяць тому

Wouldn't rule it out… thanks for sharing this! 🐬 How often do you see them out of interest?

@johnkidd797 Місяць тому

@@UntoldHistoryYT I see them just about every time I take my boat out, they like to swimming alongside and on the bow wave, impressively large creatures close up, bloody tasty to eat too. The last bit was a joke, they're not tasty at all.😃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@CMenzy Місяць тому

Picts didny wear kilts that was a much more modern piece of and clothing ogham is not pronounce of ogham it's pronounced oham.. And being Scottish myself I love the ancient monoliths, stones and circles especially in and around Kilmartin Glen

@DeRhamme 28 днів тому

Thank you for this video great information on my family ancestry, Kenneth MacAlpin is my 33 rd. great grandfather.

@UntoldHistoryYT 27 днів тому

Wow - that's incredible! 😲 How did you learn about your ancestry?

@DeRhamme 27 днів тому

@@UntoldHistoryYT from wikitree

@DeRhamme 27 днів тому

@@UntoldHistoryYT I would like to give you a link to the information but when I give you a reply with it, it gets deleted.

@hardywatkins7737 21 день тому

Same. Kenneth MacAlpin is an ancestor of mine also.

@UntoldHistoryYT 17 днів тому

@DeRhamme, not sure why that is… must be an automatic thing from YT. Very interesting though! 👍

@loisrossi841 Місяць тому

Thank you, had no idea who the PICTs were.

@UntoldHistoryYT Місяць тому

Thank you for watching! 🙏 So glad that you learned something new! 😃

@KC-gy5xw 2 місяці тому

Well I doubt they wore tartan like that..

@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh 2 місяці тому

Hahaha

@erikawilson1154 Місяць тому

We're the picts as low down scotland as fife? I'm from Fife. And I've never heard anything about picts in fife. Always up north.

@elizabethpratt3707 Місяць тому

Fife - look up Weymss Caves 😊

@duncancallum 15 днів тому

Place names beginning with Pit are Pictish , so think Pittenweem erika.

@ChristophersMum 3 місяці тому

The last battle between the Vikings and the Pictish Scots was at the Battle of Largs 2nd of October 1263... in which Haakon Haakonsson King of Norway attempted to reassert Norwegian Sovereignty of the westen seaboard of Scotland...

@williammacdiarmid6395 2 місяці тому

Aye... And he goit his arse kicked🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊

@ChristophersMum 2 місяці тому

@@williammacdiarmid6395 Aye...well and truly...so much so that he never came back😁

@highelf6086 Місяць тому

Skottar er morsom, hilsen noreg

@mcmurphy3690 Місяць тому

⁠greetings from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

@issimondias День тому

That thumbnail is hysterical. Did the Picts use to work as baristas or own second hand record shops?

@petuniasevan 14 днів тому

13:09 Many of these images have little or nothing to do with the Picts. This one, for instance, is a painting of the surrender of Vercingetorix (a Gaulish chieftain) to Julius Caesar.

@johnmulligan7853 Місяць тому

No matter there dress code or any other facts that might not be correct they fought and died for us so we owe our picts the same respect and honour as anybody else whos died for the cause of the land we call home. Onwards the brave 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@karenchilders2449 24 дні тому

The terrain probably helped.

@muurrarium9460 3 місяці тому

LOL @ describing matrilineal as the deviant one... Everybody knows from what womb a child came, the father is anybody's guess (unless you can do DNA-testing), so the patrilineal one is "strange".

@pattidean4109 2 місяці тому

That's what I always say! Great point!

@RaithValek 19 днів тому

Granted this is pure speculation, but, I hear certain things like the use of Ogham, the style of symbols & their level of education & expertise ... It just makes me wonder if the Picts were in some way, shape or form related to or may have actually been Scottish Druids?!

@edinacloud5968 17 днів тому

They must have been fierce and feared by enemies. Incredible for farmers having such military prowess. Thanks for your research and excellent narrative. Though a little bit repetitive, fascinating nonetheless.

@jaymacpherson8167 День тому

Great content. Amusing to me that “fact number [n]…” is sometimes followed by “may have.” A fact or supposition? 😊

@StuartAnderson-xl4bo 4 місяці тому

The last viking battle vs thr picts or cruthnie was at Cruden bay ie death of the danes bay its where the golf course is today in Aberdeenshire. The danes then attacked the English boy that got an arrow in the eye by Willie the conqueror wi the bowl cut hair 😂

@UntoldHistoryYT 4 місяці тому

Have you been to Cruden Bay? Is it worth the visit?

@StuartAnderson-xl4bo 4 місяці тому

@UntoldHistoryYT Slains Castle is worth a visit but not much else to see I have been there many times born and bred in Aberdeenshire with my family roots traceable back to the 11th century here chances are we have been here longer but records stop then most people travelled way less the further back you go.

@user-by3cg8jj6q Місяць тому

The Picts were a confederation of tribes north of the Clyde Forth line. They may have been pre Celtic? Or from the first migrations of Celtic peoples the Gaels?. Remember the Confederacy fought against Dalraita aka Scots and More Southern Brythonic British tribes.

@pandoraeeris7860 4 місяці тому

A great dePiction!

@UntoldHistoryYT 4 місяці тому

Thanks for watching!

@harryape9059 2 дні тому

"Several species of small, furry animals, gathered together in a cave, grooving with a Pict."

@DarkForest-ej7yr Місяць тому

I live in Scotland and have thought long and hard about the reasons why women had the final say in Pictish matters. It came to me on winter hikes and It's really quite simple; Scotland is a brutal unforgiving place without modern technology. The cold wet and dark forests of ancient Caladonia were no place for those that bow down to command. Man woman or child, these lands were home to the survivor. Women earned respect by simply existing in their beauty and wisdom. Woe betide the creature that challenges such an entity and so they painted their bodies. As a display of their craft and of their courage, and to each other.

@ChristophersMum 3 місяці тому

...also the language of our nation isn't pronounced ''Gaylick''...but Galic...like garlic without the r...I hope this helps...as it riles me up the wrong way to hear it pronounced otherwise... However...if you are talking about Ireland...''Gaylik'' will do...😁

@neilthornton3544 3 місяці тому

Garlic is not native to Britain but a colonial language like english.aberdeen is a native British placename which is why it looks so Welsh.

@ChristophersMum 3 місяці тому

@@neilthornton3544⁉Garlic⁉

@Bcfcuklhpwalker 2 місяці тому

@@neilthornton3544millASIANsons one thing the Brothonics never did was surrender to Rome an ended there fedual systems Wales Scotland England really don't no what happen to Eire

@amyzzz9681 18 днів тому

I’ve been studying Irish and Scottish Gaelic on my own over several months/years, and dialects and different pronunciations are a fun thing to observe. In some ways Gaelic is so similar to Irish, and in other ways completely different, but MOST times it’s pronounced differently! 😂 People on the internet will almost come to blows over the pronunciation of a woman’s name! 😊

@peggygraham6129 2 місяці тому

Ogham is pronounced as Ohm.

@UntoldHistoryYT 2 місяці тому

Thank you, Peggy. Always appreciate constructive feedback!

@davewilson9738 25 днів тому

An interesting fact about the Pict is that they can be traced back in time to the Nac Mac Feegle Clan. There appears to have been some inter breeding with big jobs at one time. Speaking Ogham further cements the link to the high mountains.

@anotherbloodytruckie455 23 дні тому

😂😂

@Diana-ie4oq Місяць тому

I was under the impression that the Picts were mainly in Aberdeenshire, some Morayshire and the unique style of the brochs and lack of Pictish names/stones on west coast (broch area) was attributed to northern peoples travelling down & settling in west coast areas 🤔

@redpill9624 6 днів тому

This question came up on my “Life in the UK” quiz re: Hadrian’s Wall, and I got the question wrong, so I’m here to learn in case I get this question on the actual test. 😅

@sarahmiller5632 29 днів тому

So it sounds like not much is actually known about the origins of the Picts. And much of their history is also a bit fuzzy.

@J.R.Psych74 20 днів тому

Several species of small fury animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict. ✌

@motherfromwayback Місяць тому

I'm related to the Pics. But a lot of spots are.

@ronaldrayner5049 26 днів тому

I had come to understand that the people of North Spain's roots are pictish ,triangle shaped skulls ( top view ) black hair ,possibly black eyes (don't remember exactly). The technique of the stone carvings ,are probably older than Stonehenge ,it would be interesting to make comparisons to other ancient cultures . Eg Gobekli Tepe in Turkey .A lot of migration going on in ancient times ,no real borders ,visas or passports.

@markcoutts7750 25 днів тому

Facts ! Can be changed ! 🧐

@scapelaine4529 10 днів тому

I really think that the beast is a stylized representation of a wolf! I mean that's what it looks like to me!

@2bingtim 4 дні тому

Seeing that the Picts only formed c200ad, everything you say about them being a factor in earlier Roman invasions/Hadrians all is bogus.

@priestley749 2 місяці тому

Alba gu brath!

@AJDraws Місяць тому

The REAL Wildlings

@Ralf1erudd 2 місяці тому

How many time do you need to repeat yourself to string about 7 lots of details into 15. What a prat

@Mugmoor 10 днів тому

I didn't realize the Picts had such fantastic hair dressers!

@wytrose4602 Місяць тому

You know where else they are in the ME, the Turkish area..the one place we are unable to get at and only see parts of the stones.

@pinkiesue849 Місяць тому

I heard the picts dyed themselves green to fight the Romans because it freaked the enemy out. also, one Pict would jump on the sprear or sword of a Roman soldier so his buddy could kill yhe Roman. No wonder Hadrian built a wall.

@a44489 2 місяці тому

real people

@martinriley106 Місяць тому

The Picts must’ve come from the Nordic nations, they were known for the most intricate and skilled silver jewellery and metal forging.

@Ghost2743 16 днів тому

Negative. Completely different lineages. Their art has some roots in common.

@artursbondars7789 Місяць тому

Ogham alphabet looks like old Latvian knot record systems - Debeika, Brinķis, Krauksts scripts - made in local cuneiform inscription system variant.

@veronicalogotheti1162 3 місяці тому

The symbols are around the world The greeks wrote about them Not picts culture

@annerigby4400 18 днів тому

Very interesting video except for the artwork that was historically all over the place.... Napoleon crowning his wife mentioned in a Medieval-centred video? Also, tartan and kilts, were they not a product of the 18thC (or was it 19thC) as a means for Scottish culture to be reborn after the atrocious "Clearances"? Perhaps my little bit of knowledge is inaccurate, but if anyone out there knows, please let me know.

@archeologicalstudent5234 2 місяці тому

Interesting because there carvings and symbols are very similar to a ocean bearing people and or the red ocher people all over the world South America Easter island

@StanWatt. Місяць тому

There are the remnants of a wattle and daub settlement in my village.

@UntoldHistoryYT Місяць тому

Incredible that the remains have lasted so long! Stan, what is the name of your village? (If you don't mind me asking)…

@StanWatt. Місяць тому

@@UntoldHistoryYT I'm in NE Scotland, Gardenstown. Plenty of Viking blood here lol

@UntoldHistoryYT Місяць тому

Haha awesome - thank you for sharing! 👍

@gayprepperz6862 2 місяці тому

Like the Egyptian's, one may not be sure of the Father, but you KNOW who the Mother is. Unfortunately , this led to inbreeding. Brothers married their sisters (at least in Egypt). I wonder how that played out in Pictish history?

@UntoldHistoryYT 2 місяці тому

Interesting - thank you for sharing!

@mollymcnaughton3133 2 місяці тому

My clan is Pictish and I'm curious as to how that's worked out..🤔

@Ghost2743 16 днів тому

Genetic lineages, mtDNA / yDNA, haplogroups.

@trudymaenza9672 Місяць тому

I'm a Heinz 57 Variety DNA! I wish DNA testing was available for both my Dad n Mom and Maternal Grandma, other Grandparents were long gone by that time! But I do have Scottish on both sides though!

@harrymills2770 Місяць тому

An open question isn't a fact.

@bettylynne7364 17 днів тому

Well, it is called Untold history 😅

@douglasfrompa593 2 місяці тому

OK first, that beast looks like a stylized ram, a male sheep. of course these animals were important for their fiber and milk as well as meat. Seems like sheep were introduced around 6000 years ago. and the picti were the first people there so then the picts have been in Scotland for 6000 years. no? Somebody brought the sheep with them.

@Bcfcuklhpwalker 2 місяці тому

Yes we'll the walker name of Yorkshire brigantines were Shepard's an wool makers also helped the McGregors an affiliated with McMillan's an McDonald's I've read there ancient Britons but of Germanic of the wolf tribe but per Anglo Saxons lots of history was distorted by the normans like being for Nordic stock which names dont suggest an looks.. lots of history has been rewrite right up to Gotha Saxon take over who these guys faught against seems you can trace a hell of alot thought names an tu Dans brought farming metal urge an named after the Danu river where the first lot sailed to UK from not thought Spain later arrivals it's said cows were also sailed over from eu

@Bcfcuklhpwalker 2 місяці тому

Starcarr one the earliest sites in UK in Yorkshire shows alot of animal images sure that's like 6 k years all relates to old north an continuous takeovers so much history here been clamped down on by multiple invasions very interesting further u go back Picts were brothonic peoples to maybe if Welsh is true English from Ur scots from sythains wales from Cimmerians an Irish Galatians ways later arrivals but same stock all traveling from homelands of rb2 Armenians said to be oringal place of farming

@maegardnermills4292 22 дні тому

I got Picts in my Scottish ancestors.

@derekhough-jm9gc 9 днів тому

There was no tartan in those days and the movie Braveheart (brae fart) was fictional -- the French queen only came to Britain six years after Wallace's death. There had been no major exchange between England and Scotland from 1190 to 1290 but Edward the First kicked the moneychangers out of England in 1290 and they fled to Scotland to foment a re-invasion. Suddenly there were all those battles. The moneychangers failed -- the English monarchs achieved their goals and kept them out but the moneychangers control the publishing industry and have reworked history and written themselves out of it and now characterize it as a war between Scots and English invaders,

@Nemesisangel19 5 днів тому

Woad was too acidic to use as a tattoo dye so no that's wrong. It was sourced elsewhere from something else.

@Edarnon_Brodie 4 дні тому

Sadly now I don't see any new reaserches about thr Pictish language. I have a feeling that I'm the last Pictish language explorer 😢

@StacyBaldwin-qv5cj 24 дні тому

The US had a much simpler process to determine if you were able to be a paratrooper. We waited for people to volunteer, then pushed them to their breaking point, and beyond. Those who couldn't hack it, quit. Those who didn't quit, were deemed to be fit for paratrooper service.