The Scottish Orkney islands experienced a wave of immigration during the Bronze Age so large that it replaced most of the local population, ancient DNA analysis has revealed. Experts say that unlike ...

image: An international team led by researchers at the University of Huddersfield has used ancient DNA to rewrite the history of the Orkney islands. The research has been published by the official ...

Hundreds of women rans into the cold waters of the North Sea to celebrate International Women's Day for the annual Swimrise at Portobello Beach in Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The ...

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Mr. Massie is a columnist for The Times of London. He lives in Edinburgh. In 1469, Margaret, the daughter of the king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, married King James III of Scotland. Her father ...

A Scottish couple are selling a 19th-century church that they converted into vacation apartments. Kirkdale Apartments in Evie, Orkney, is on the market for £525,000, or around $650,900. The couple ...