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 ...

Journalist and novelist Spinney (Pale Rider) explains how a single language family spread across the world in this astute account. Combining the discoveries of linguists, archaeologists, and ...

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 ...