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  • Rare Carved Stone May Portray Pictish Face

    10/09/2025 10:53:04 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 25, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    The University of Aberdeen announced that an incredibly rare carving depicting a human face was recently unearthed at the ancient hillfort site of East Lomond in Fife. The five-inch-long object was originally dismissed as insignificant, but closer examination by University of Aberdeen archaeologist Gordon Noble identified faint details, including two eyes, a nose, and even a small bit of hair, that resembled characters from medieval manuscripts. Noble believes that it may not be a depiction of just any ordinary figure but the portrait of an ancient Pict. The Picts were a somewhat mysterious people that inhabited parts of Scotland between...