Robert Mailhammer receives funding from the Australian Research Council. His work has also been supported by the Volkswagen Foundation, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Hans Rausing Endangered ...

When Germanic was first caught in the candle flame of writing, in the second century CE, there was only one runic script and one Germanic language. That language was spoken in a relatively compact ...

Learn about the Svingerud Stone, a runestone found in a Norwegian grave site that currently stands as the earliest written depiction of the Proto-Norse language. The enigmatic origins of runic ...

Bronze drove the economy and mining was a recognised profession. Huge volumes of tin, copper and finished bronze articles moved along the continent’s trade routes, both terrestrial and maritime. Other ...

Europe’s linguistic landscape is shifting once again, and at the heart of this evolution are the Germanic languages, one of the continent’s most influential language families. From the North ...