A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European ... archaeological history. Now, a recent study suggests the victims were eaten. Psychedelic Traces on Ancient Egyptian ...

With its historical relics, worn but sturdy wood reading table and hundreds of ancient books lining the walls, it’s easy to imagine friars hard at work in the Guardian Angels Friary Library.

Dating of the document and the discovery its literary nature subsequently led UNESCO to declare it Europe’s oldest book. The Derveni Papyrus, named for the location where it was found ...

The Carpathians stretch from Slovakia through Poland, Ukraine and Romania in a “dark ring” or “magnificent horseshoe” some ...

This study identified a missing link in this rich and complex history of language. Much of the study of Indo-European languages focuses on what’s called steppe ancestry. But what exactly is that?

Ancient DNA locates the geographic origin of Proto-Indo-Europeans and ... former visiting scholar in the Reich Lab, and author of a 2007 book on the Yamnaya’s role in disseminating Proto-Indo-European ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

A landmark pair of studies may finally have uncovered answers hidden in ancient ... of human history. For decades, linguists and archaeologists have debated the origins of Indo-European languages.

Graham Robb’s new book has a remarkable opening. Taken unawares in his quiet Oxfordshire ... I began to see, as though in some miraculously preserved document, the ancient birth of modern Europe.’ Why ...

Geralt via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 New research analyzing ancient DNA may have finally solved a long-standing linguistic mystery: Where did the Indo-European language family originate?