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Ballymacombs More Woman: Iron Age decapitated remains found in a Northern Ireland bog • Feb. 21, 2025, 5:31 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Iron Age: Ancient remains of woman may have been sacrificial • Feb. 19, 2025, 1:00 PM ET (BBC)
Study reveals Bronze and Iron Age origins of skeletons in River Thames • Feb. 13, 2025, 2:39 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Bronze ritual spoon dating back 2000 years found on Isle of Man • Feb. 12, 2025, 1:24 AM ET (BBC)
Rare Iron Age helmet identified among Snettisham Hoard fragments • Jan. 25, 2025, 5:31 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Date c. 1200 BCE - c. 1000

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