An international research team has found that black eye makeup used between the 9th and 7th centuries BCE in the northwest of ...

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.

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...