The Yorkshire Museum has received £192,096 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, along with public donations, to acquire ...

Analysis of cauldrons nearly two and a half millennia-old has allowed archaeologists to create a near-perfect replica, ...

Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.

Iron Age archaeological find: British 'bling' from 2,000 years ago included horse harnesses The Melsonby Hoard, a collection of more than 800 Iron Age artifacts found in northeast England ...

One of the 800 Iron Age objects excavated near the village of Melsonby, in North Yorkshire, by a team of archaeologists from Durham University, in a handout photograph from the university. Raoul ...

The Iron Age began at around 1200 B.C. and ended in 550 B.C., though the university says the objects date back around 2,000 years.

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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 ...