New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and ...

The site belonged to a group the Romans named the “Durotriges,” researchers said, and this ethnic group had other settlements ...

Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable, according to surviving written ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and ...

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities, a new analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals. The research, ...

The social fabric of Iron Age Britain, spanning roughly from 800 BC to AD 100, has long puzzled historians and archaeologists. Recent breakthroughs in genetic analysis are now shedding light on the ...

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

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

Archaeologists discovered evidence of the women-led society in Europe at a rare Iron Age site in southwest England.

Culture Club/Getty Iron Age Britain may have been more feminist than many people believe, a study has found. Queens during this time, such as Boudica and Cartimandua, are famed for their ...

Historical accounts from Greek and Roman writers, including Julius Caesar, described powerful female political leaders in Iron Age England, such as Boudica and Cartimandua, noting their ...