An ancient town in Syria is one of the world’s few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used ...

Melampus, a legendary Greek iatromantis, was a shaman, healer and seer famed for his prophetic gifts and ability to cure ...

Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

Carl Gelderloos, an associate professor of German and the director of undergraduate studies for German, hosted “Languages of ...

With Chinese start-up DeepSeek and its artificial intelligence (AI) model shaking up the global tech sector, China's top diplomat appeared to seize the chance to promote the chatbot at the ...

India's Girish Malik is readying a docu-drama being presented at the European Film Market, which aims to offer ancient ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

When I tell people that my major is German studies, I often get the follow-up question, “Are you German?” No, I am not German. I took Spanish and German ...

near the German border Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Researchers in the eastern Netherlands have discovered an ancient site used for cult rituals, as evidenced by structural remains and ...

The Oldest Known Rune Stone Fragments Found in Burial Sites, Hints at Germanic Ritual Practices Archaeologists discovered fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world from an ancient Iron Age ...