Today the word "druid" conjures thoughts of magic, wizardry, and spiritualism, but in ancient times the definition of Druid was much broader. During the Iron Age, the Druids made up the higher ...

Could a pair of bronze spoons predict your future? Found in burials, bogs, and riverbeds across Iron Age Britain, these mysterious spoon-like objects may have played a role in lunar divination and ...

"Druids only emerge in the last half of the 1st millennium B.C.," long after Stonehenge was built, ... and none of the Iron Age ritual sites suggest such activity or ritual." ...

NARRATOR:Druids are the wise priests of the Iron Age, and can be men or women. In some ways they were even more important than the tribe’s leader and it’s believed they can look into the future.

Of all the aspects of the culture of the Iron-Age Celts, the one that has attracted the greatest attention is the role of the druids. Interpreting druidism is difficult, for the druids refused to ...

The Druid woman, nicknamed Hilda, lived during the Iron Age. An anatomical analysis suggests that Hilda made it into her 60s, an impressive feat because most women from that region and time lived ...

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, ...

During the Iron Age (1200 to 600 B.C.), druids lived in the British Isles and France. They were highly respected leaders who ...

A fire 2,200 years ago that burned a settlement to the ground also preserved a moment of life and war in Iron Age Spain. Clues unearthed by archaeologists may lead back to the arsonists.

Druids were educated, highly respected leaders who lived in the British Isles and France during the Iron Age (1200-600 BCE); they practiced a wide range of disciplines including poetry, ...