The Murray Bake Bridge in Peoria, Ill. will be lit up in red and gold lights until Sept. 21 to celebrate the Oktoberfest ...

An early medieval cemetery unearthed in Germany may not contain "a harem for the hereafter," as some news outlets reported; but it's still a remarkable find, likely holding the remains of a wealthy ...

The Romans built bridges that are still standing after 2,000 years and you can still cross them, all over Europe. Compare ...

The Romans considered them barbarians, the Nazis saw them as heroic warriors: An archaeological exhibition in Berlin puts legends and myths about Germanic tribes straight. The first thing visitors to ...

Back in the first millennium A.D., waves of human migration across Europe created an elaborate genetic puzzle that ...

Alerted by Tyler I see this piece in Der Speigel. How Germanic is Great Britain really? Archeologists and geneticists have unveiled surprising revelations about the historical origins of people in the ...

When Germanic warriors charged into battle during the Roman era, they may have done so under the influence of carefully dosed stimulants. A new study unearths intriguing evidence of potential drug use ...

The Germanic-American Institute will hold its annual two-day Oktoberfest celebration this Friday and Saturday in St. Paul, ...

Paul North, a renowned scholar whose research spans the fields of critical theory, the history of philosophy, comparative literatures, and political economy, was recently appointed the Maurice ...

In a refreshing departure from the Italian comfort food craze, America is enjoying a Germanic cuisine boom. I chalk it up to the perfect storm of craft beer and charcuterie and the overall ...

What are the easiest Germanic languages to learn for English speakers? Not every language is equally easy or equally hard to learn. How fast will a person acquire a new language definitely depends on ...

How would you prepare for battle? If you were a Germanic warrior from Northern Europe during the Roman period, you may have sniffed some narcotics. A team of three Polish researchers, including ...