The Franco/Salazar regimes both found it politically convenient to identify the Celts as being the ethnic stock from which ...

Beyond the political theatrics, the report reflects the hard work of archaeologists. It deserves open-minded academic ...

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

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

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

Iron Maiden have written songs about dinosaurs, the Second World War and many, many things in between. So, here’s the history of Planet Earth as told through the metal legends’ lyrics.

Releasing report by Tamil Nadu archeology dept at Anna Centenary Library, Stalin says samples excavated from archaeological ...

Drunken, barbaric warriors who went into battle naked against the Romans — or matriarchal societies with refined artistry and ...

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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 ...

Women were at the centre of social networks in Iron Age British Celtic communities, research in this week’s Nature suggests. The analysis of 2,000-year-old DNA reveals evidence for matrilocal Celtic ...