A stele depicting a centaur and other mythological creatures was found by scientists in the north of Scotland! This is a Pictish stone, its length is one and a half meters, and is 1200 years old.
The artifact also contains symbols typical of this people: two oxen, a double disc, and a z-shaped rod. A warrior with an animal's head, armed with a shield and a sword, adorns this stele.
The ancient heritage is not completely preserved, the original size was about 2.4 meters. In the 1790s, this stone was used as a tombstone.
The Picts are the oldest people who inhabited the northern and eastern parts of Scotland. In the literature, they are spoken about from the end of antiquity to the 10th century. In the 9th century, they united with the Scots. As a result, the Picts became completely like the Scots, and the Gaelic language pushed out the Pictish.
Several years ago, scientists found evidence of the existence of the Picts - a fortress on the east coast of Scotland. It was built in the 3rd-4th centuries, but the cliff on which it was located began to collapse and take away the houses of the ancient settlers, people left the fort at the end of the 4th-early 5th centuries.