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24931970-8019969-Archaeologists_from_the_University_of_Aberdeen_spent_months_stud-a-6_1582119290145.jpgArchaeologists in Scotland have discovered an ancient monolith that's engraved with a spear-holding warrior sporting an "elaborate hairstyle" and "pronounced" butt. 

In September 2017, construction workers uncovered the stone monument in the northwest side of Perth in Scotland while clearing the ground to build a new road. They found the stone facedown and buried a little more than 3 feet  in the ground.

The stone was buried near a ring ditch, possibly indicating that the monolith was part of a burial, according to the paper. The carving belonged to the Picts, an ancient, Celtic-speaking group that lived in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. (The Romans coined the name "Picts," meaning the "painted people," possibly in reference to the Picts' distinctive tattoos or the war paint they wore.) 

The Tulloch stone is only one of three such Pictish monoliths found in the area with carvings of warriors on them. But there have been numerous other Pictish stones found with carvings of abstract or animal symbols often thought to be a simple way of representing names, Noble said. 

"Over the last 10 years, it seems like we've had a new Pictish stone every year or even more than one every year," Noble said. "So I'm sure more will come up, but the stones with images of warriors are still quite rare in the wider Pictish stone corpus." The stone will eventually be put on display in the Perth Museum in Scotland.

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Source: https://www.livescience.com/doorknob-butt-warrior-carved-ancient-monolith-discovered.html

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Gracious Gaga
11 minutes ago, FfFfFfFF said:

warrior sporting an "elaborate hairstyle" and "pronounced" butt. 

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James Gibson
2 minutes ago, malzejar said:

STRUT IT ON, WALK A MILE SERVE IT ANCIENT CITY STYLE

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that's gossip!

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