Iron Age burial customs in southern England offer ... Meanwhile, queens like Boudica and Cartimandua commanded armies and held significant political power. Dr. Miles Russell, a co-author and ...

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) — ...

We all know the importance of dressing for the job – none so more than Boudica. Commonly depicted as a fierce and powerful woman mounted on a chariot, brandishing a spear, and with her hair ...

The Iron Age burials of powerful women revealed land ... Female tribal leaders Cartimandua and Boudica became legends, leading uprisings that destroyed Roman towns and challenged the authority ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel ...

Women were at the centre of early Iron Age British communities ... writing about queens – Boudica and Cartimandua – who commanded armies and finding the empowerment of Celtic women remarkable.

When the authors compared their data to other iron age sites, they found that matrilocal ... accomplishments of Celtic queens such as Boudica of the Iceni (circa AD30-AD60) and Cartimandua of ...