Middle East
Previously unknown Indo-European language discovered in Turkey
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Scientists have discovered a fragment of a new Indo-European language preserved in the ancient Hittite capital of Boğazköy-Hattusha.
Europe
Study hints at when a common ancestor of Indo-European languages emerged
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New research suggests that the common ancestor of languages like Spanish, English and Hindi emerged about 8,000 years ago, resolving differences in two competing theories about the origin of Indo-European languages.
Europe
Sacred Fire: Beltane’s Indo-European Roots and Multicultural Connections
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Elyse Welles surveys ancient antecedents of Beltane celebrations from across the cultures descended from the Indo-Europeans.
Arjuna
Column: The Left Eye of Odin (or Right)
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Which eye did Odin lose, exactly? Karl Seigfried takes this and other overly-literal questions as a jumping-off point for an exploration of Pagan theology, including a comparison with the Bhagavad Gita that demonstrates why gods take on familiar shapes to become comprehensible to human eyes.
Paganism
Review: Treasure Behind a Hundred Doors in the New Volume of “Our Troth”
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Lyonel Perabo reviews the first volume of the new edition of Our Troth, “Heathen History.”