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A linguistic mystery has arisen surrounding symbol-inscribed stones in Scotland that predate the formation of the country itself.
2010-08-11
glyph script symbol Scotland linguistics archaeology language writing historyThe UK feared harsh action by Libya against British interests if the Lockerbie bomber died in jail, cables published by Wikileaks claim. ... The Scottish government released Megrahi in August 2009 on compassionate grounds because he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. He returned to Libya and is still alive. ... The British ambassador in Libya allegedly told a US diplomat that the Libyans could "cut us off at the knees".
2010-12-08
Scotland bombing airplane Lockerbie Libya cancer politics prison WikiLeaks leak USA UKLying in the Atlantic Ocean, 40 miles or so north-west of the Outer Hebrides, St Kilda is home to about one million breeding seabirds, which come to the islands each spring to breed and raise their young. But for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years, the UK archipelago was also home to "the bird people". This extraordinary group of men, women and children lived what amounted to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, right into the early...
2010-11-16
Scotland Outer Hebrides bird social and cultural anthropology culture food history hunter-gatherer St Kilda