Fragments of copper alloy unearthed at one of Britain's most important archaeology sites have been revealed to be parts of an ...

Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age ...

Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was ...

Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women A groundbreaking study finds evidence that land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain, with husbands moving to live ...

The extraction of iron, which led to the Iron Age, is a chemical process which ... the time-scale of some of the major events in Earth history and developments in science and technology.

A rare Iron Age horse brooch has been made the subject of a temporary export ban in the hope it will be acquired by a UK ...

Iron working was a common element of everyday life in Iron Age Britain. By 500 BC iron had replaced bronze as the usual metal for making tools and weapons. Blacksmiths produced iron using charcoal ...

Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift. DNA clues indicate that around 2,000 years ago, married women in a Celtic society, known as ...

Data from earlier,smaller genetic surveys of Iron Age Britain also have a similar pattern. “Across Britain we saw cemeteries where most individuals were maternally descended from a small set of ...

Twigstats reveals ancient migrations in Europe, enhancing genomic analysis and uncovering genetic shifts from 500 BCE to 1000 ...

A study carried out by a team of international geneticists has found evidence that land was inherited through the female line during the Iron Age in Britain, with husbands moving to live with ...

“Iron Age Britons [unlike the Romans] would likely ... Boudicas and Cartimanduas who lived beyond the reaches of written history. “Things probably would have changed for women under Roman ...