Cast far to Britain's north, the discovery dates back a staggering 5,000 years and offers vital clues about the island's ...

In 1976 a headline in the Soviet army newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda ran: 'Zheleznaya Dama Ugrozhayet' or 'The Iron Lady Wields Threats'. Thatcher was known as no such thing but delighted in the name ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Analysis of ancient genomes from Dorset, England, reveals an Iron Age society with a matrilocal structure, where social and political power was centered around women ...

Remarkable evidence that women in British Iron Age society were empowered politically and socially has been unveiled in an international genetic study led by researchers at Trinity College Dublin.

Recent carbon dating of samples from burial urns in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district suggests the Iron Age could well have begun in the state. As per the study, Iron Age began at least 1,000 years ...

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 ...

After 43AD all of Wales and England below Hadrian's Wall became part of the Roman empire, while Iron Age life in Scotland and Ireland continued for longer.

Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage. An examination of ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and matrilocal, with women holding status and influence. A study published ...