The ‘Frankenstein’ author never actually lived in Edinburgh. But as this trip reveals, the city—with its crooked surgeons and ...

London — The "Stone of Destiny," an ancient symbol of Scotland's monarchy, was on its way from Edinburgh Castle to London on Friday to play its role in the coronation of King Charles III on May 6. The ...

A series of wild coincidences led to the discovery of ancient Egyptian artifacts buried in Scotland. A student at a Scottish school unearthed the first ancient treasure in 1952. Researchers are still ...

I explored The Old Village of Lawers, an abandoned Scottish village which is said to be haunted. The village, currently on sale for $173,000, has a private beach and 17th-century ruins. The area is ...

Scottish Gaelic has been spoken as an indigenous language in Scotland for thousands of years, and it is as different from ...

The Picts were one of Scotland’s earliest—and most mysterious—civilizations. Known for rebuffing Rome’s advances, they vanished from the historical record toward the end of the first millennium A.D.

Researchers have discovered a brand new species of Jurassic reptile they believe roamed Scotland 167 million years ago. The ...

Despite Scotland’s soggy start to summer, midsummer is nearly here, and with it, a burst of interest in the country’s ancient standing stones. While June has felt more like autumn than high summer, by ...

Update: Archaeologists recently found that the "ancient" stone circle in Scotland was actually built in the 1990s by a Scottish farmer. Read more about the new discovery. An ancient circle of standing ...

Wet weather has helped a new population of one of the UK's most ancient creatures to hatch in the south of Scotland. The ...