When the Romans first entered the British Isles, they found a land ruled by warrior queens and other high-status women – or ...

Ancient England had more "bling" than historians have given it credit for. That's the conclusion archaeologists drew from a cache of more than 800 Iron Age artifacts from northeast England dating back ...

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

Scientists have found evidence of a matrilineal society in the southwest of England after analyzing DNA from human remains found at a rare Iron Age burial site. The findings represent a major ...

OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND—The Oxford Mail reports that a 2,700-year-old blacksmith shop has been discovered in an Iron Age settlement site complete with roundhouses, an Iron Age pantry, ceremonial animal ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of a 2,000-year-old grave that has intrigued archaeologists for more than two decades — and that they now believe belonged to a young female warrior leader.

New genetic evidence suggests that female family ties were central to social structures in pre-Roman Britain, offering a fresh perspective on Celtic society and its gender dynamics. An analysis of ...

DORSET, ENGLAND—According to a BBC News report, researchers from Bournemouth University examined the 2,000-year-old remains of a woman unearthed in 2010 in southwestern England’s site of Winterborne ...

The mystery of a 2000 year-old burial containing a mirror and a sword has now been solved, with archaeologists discovering that the person buried with the grave goods was very likely a woman. The ...

Archaeologists in England used a tooth enamel analysis to confirm that a 2,000-year-old burial contained a female warrior. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...