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Archaeologists in Denmark have recovered dozens of lances, spears, swords, knives, chain mail and a Roman helmet from an Iron Age chieftain's house.

Archaeologists in Denmark have found a cache with more than 100 weapons: dozens of spears, swords, knives, and chainmail in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iron Age cemeteries with well-preserved burials are rare in Britain. Dorset is an exception, due to the unique burial customs of the people who lived there, named as the "Durotriges" by the Romans.

During the Iron Age, Britain was divided into different tribes. Each one had their own leader and traditions. Many of these groups shared similar languages, religious beliefs and art styles with ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin say that Britain's Iron Age society centred on women. According to the experts, women inherited land and made their husbands move to live with them.

Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons ...

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 ...

What food did people make and grow? What were farms like? What was Iron Age art and craft like? What weapons and armour did Iron Age people make? Activity: Quiz – Life in an Iron Age hill fort ...