A hoard of Iron Age artifacts discovered by a metal detectorist could alter our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago, researchers have said. Now known as the Melsonby Hoard, this vast ...

History doesn’t always whisper from crumbling ruins or faded records; sometimes some very important discoveries are made by digging deep in the soil, too. An important discovery has been made in ...

The painting "Boadicea Haranguing the Britons" by John Opie (1761–1807), depicting the warrior queen Boudica of the Iron Age. (Public domain/Wikipedia Commons via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — ...

Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons ...

An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity College Dublin, has joined forces with archaeologists from Bournemouth University to decipher the structure of British Iron Age society, ...

Husbands joined their wives' communities and ‘close inbreeding was avoided.’ By Laura Baisas Published Jan 15, 2025 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

The Picts, the descendants of Iron Age tribes, are known for decorating standing stones with intricate carvings and ...

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 Durotrigians, ...

A brand new permanent exhibition offering a fascinating look at life in Peterborough and the surrounding Fens between 2,500 ...

Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was centred around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians, a study said ...