Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...

A newly deciphered inscription suggests the immense "Galloway Hoard" found in Scotland over a decade ago was held in common.

Suzy Pope If Edinburgh Castle and Holyroodhouse Palace don't quench your thirst for some Scottish history, take a trip to the National Museum of Scotland. The museum houses a collection of tens of ...

In 2014, a metal detectorist discovered a hoard of Viking Age treasures in western Scotland. Found in a plowed field, the ...

“I wanted to donate these trousers to the National Museums of Scotland. Sadly, they refused. I’m very disappointed.” Bob said officials had apologised via email and said they “already had ...

One year after opening, Perth Museum is to host an exhibition exploring the origins, myths and legacy of Shakespeare’s King ...

A newly translated runic inscription has shed “compelling” new light on who might have owned the Galloway Hoard, experts have ...

Runic inscriptions on an 1,100-year-old arm ring unearthed in Scotland suggest that the hoard of silver and gold it was buried with belonged to an entire Viking community. At such a critical moment in ...

The new translation was revealed as items from the Galloway Hoard, regarded as one of the UK's most important archaeological ...

The Galloway Hoard, which contains more than 11lbs (5kg) of gold, silver and other materials, was discovered by a metal ...

The story's deep-rooted connection to Perth and Perthshire is also a central theme of the exhibition, with many "critical locations" from both the historical record and the play - including Scone, ...

National Galleries of Scotland, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain Art galleries and museums build their collections in a number of different ways. One of these lies in the form of bequests that ...