Humanities

A new interdisciplinary study published in Nature Communications provides the first detailed insights from a biomolecular and archaeological perspective into the lives of people in Central Europe during the Late Bronze Age (ca. BC), also known as the Urnfield Period.

The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study conducted by a musicologist at the University of Würzburg.

First names in Western countries today are more diverse than they were before early modern states evolved.

A joint archaeological mission by the University of and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) has documented the world's most extensive find of inscribed pottery sherds at the Upper Egypt site of Athribis.