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

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

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

The site belonged to a group the Romans named the “Durotriges,” researchers said, and this ethnic group had other settlements ...

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

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

Data from earlier,smaller genetic surveys of Iron Age Britain also have a similar ... “Two of the earliest recorded rulers were queens–Boudica and Cartimandua–who commanded armies.

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

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

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) — ...

Iron Age cemeteries with well-preserved burials ... Two of the earliest recorded rulers were queens—Boudica and Cartimandua—who commanded armies. "It's been suggested that the Romans ...

“This is what we see in modern matrilocal societies and it is quite possible a similar set of dynamics were at play in Iron Age Britain. This would make it easier for individuals like Boudica or ...