Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of The Apostles Symbol Stone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to the Chapter House in Dunkeld Cathedral, Highland Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. This a 9th century example of Pictish Art. The back of the stone shown here is carved with panels of figures and heads. The two central rows contain six standing figures, some bearded, in each row, thus the popular attribution to the Apostles; above, there are at least twenty two heads as well as a circular and two horizontal features; the lowest panel seems to contain five figures. Taken together, the panels possibly represent the miracle of the loaves and fishes. The words Pict and Picts comes from the Roman name Picti, meaning painted people and it is traditionally thought to refer to the practice of tattooing or body painting. This term was first used around 1,700 years ago and was developed to distinguish between Roman and non-Roman Britons during the time of the Roman occupation of the British Isles. It has subsequently come to refer to a group of people who lived in what is now Scotland. This tradition of carving endured for centuries, with Pictish symbols being added onto Christian sculptures. From AD 900 onwards, the Pictish kingdom and its rulers were replaced by people who no longer regarded themselves as Picts, but as people of Alba, the precursor to what we call Scotland. The rulers and nobles of this new kingdom mainly traced their lineages back to Ireland, not Pictland. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome
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