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

A new DNA-based study challenges the conventional understanding that Iron Age Britain society was dominated by men.

An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity College Dublin, has joined forces with archaeologists from ...

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

Some scholars have suggested that the Romans exaggerated the liberties of women on the British Isles to imply that this was a ...

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

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

The painting "Boadicea Haranguing the Britons" by John Opie (1761–1807), depicting the warrior queen Boudica of the Iron Age.

DNA analysis indicates that a Celtic tribe in Iron Age Britain was matrilocal, meaning men relocated to live with women’s ...

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

Real authority behind most decision-making rested with female leaders such as Boudica, say academics Academic say that ‘individuals like Boudica were able to to reach the highest political ...

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