The social fabric of Iron Age Britain, spanning roughly from 800 BC to AD 100, ... Meanwhile, queens like Boudica and Cartimandua commanded armies and held significant political power.

Data from earlier,smaller genetic surveys of Iron Age Britain also have a similar pattern. ... “Two of the earliest recorded rulers were queens–Boudica and Cartimandua–who commanded armies.

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, found that British Celtic ...

Iron Age cemeteries with well-preserved burials are rare in Britain. ... Two of the earliest recorded rulers were queens -- Boudica and Cartimandua -- who commanded armies.

Iron Age archaeological find: British 'bling' from 2,000 years ago included horse harnesses The Melsonby Hoard, a collection of more than 800 Iron Age artifacts found in northeast England, ...

The Iron Age began at around 1200 B.C. and ended in 550 B.C., though the university says the objects date back around 2,000 years. Dubbed the Melonsby Hoard, ...

Iron Age cemeteries with well-preserved burials are rare in Britain. ... Two of the earliest recorded rulers were queens – Boudica and Cartimandua – who commanded armies.

Archaeologists discovered evidence of the women-led society in Europe at a rare Iron Age site in southwest England. ... Boudica, the Queen of the British Celtic Iceni tribe, ...

Women-centered Celtic society unearthed in 2,000-year-old cemetery. DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s ...

At an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists discovered an unusual grave of a woman interred with an iron folding knife stuck into her burial. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

A researcher, from above, excavating a Late Iron Age Durotriges burial at Winterborne Kingston. Credit: Bournemouth University . Although the Romans tended to exaggerate certain aspects to emphasize ...