Scotland and England are two nations divided by their experience of history. That divide was never wider than during the Wars of Independence in the 13th and 14th centuries when a chance event brought ...

Known as 'Picti' by the Romans, meaning 'Painted Ones' in Latin, these northern tribes constituted the largest kingdom in Dark Age Scotland. They repelled the conquests of both Romans and Angles, ...

Scotland’s roots stretch to prehistoric times, but no recorded history came about until the Roman Empire arrived in Britain. The Romans established the province of Britannia in the southern part of ...

Scotland now has its first curator of osteoarchaeology through a new project aiming to enhance the care of and research into the country’s archaeological human remains. Jess Thompson is responsible ...

A quiet hillside in southern Scotland has yielded one of the most unsettling archaeological discoveries in recent memory, a ...

In Scotland, New Year's Eve is known as Hogmanay and involves several fun traditions. The holiday dates back to the 1600s, when Christmas was made illegal throughout the country. In Scotland, it's ...

(Reuters) - Scotland will vote on breaking away from the rest of the United Kingdom in a referendum set for September 18. In the biggest test of national unity since most of Ireland broke away from ...

Fraser Nelson’s contention that the Scottish Enlightenment came in reaction to a period of Presbyterian theocracy made me scratch my head.’ ...