Nearly two years after quitting as Scotland’s First Minister ... To most women, particularly at the reflective age of 54, separation is a time for quiet contemplation, grieving even.

Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women Date: January 15, 2025 Source: Trinity College Dublin Summary: A groundbreaking study finds evidence that land was inherited through the ...

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 ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Confederation of British Industry conference in November (Stefan Rousseau/PA) Her promise to serve as the country’s “iron” Chancellor and an ...

After 43AD all of Wales and England below Hadrian's Wall became part of the Roman empire, while Iron Age life in Scotland and Ireland continued for longer.

An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity College Dublin, has joined forces with archaeologists from Bournemouth University to decipher the structure of British Iron Age ...

But a study has shown that women had more power, influence and importance in Iron Age Britain than previously thought. Analysis of 57 skeletons found in a Dorset burial ground revealed more than ...

"But archaeology, and now genetics, implies women were influential in many spheres of Iron Age life," he said. "Indeed, it is possible that maternal ancestry was the primary shaper of group ...

An American billionaire’s plans for a new Cotswolds country house have encountered an obstacle with the potential presence of an Iron Age fort. Ronald Burkle, a businessman who co-founded the ...

Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was centred around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians, a study said ...

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 ...

Data from earlier,smaller genetic surveys of Iron Age Britain also have a similar pattern. “Across Britain we saw cemeteries where most individuals were maternally descended from a small set of ...