Germanic invaders may not have ruled by apartheid

When a strong Germanic signal was discovered in the Y-chromosome of British men, geneticists at University College London suggested that enslavement and apartheid imposed by Saxon invaders was responsible. ( Read more... )

By Noah Barkin ( Read more... )

File this one under the "Protocol of the Elders of Xenu" file ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble launched a verbal assault against the Church of Scientology on Sunday, accusing it in a newspaper interview of trying to secure political power and influence in Germany ( Read more... )

A collection of Nazi era board games - including one where players are given points for bombing British cities - are going on auction in the UK this week ( Read more... )

Could someone recommend to me a good, thorough, up to date book on the people of northern Europe from prehistory through the fall of Rome please? I'm not afraid of a long read, so I'm not looking for something I can be done with in a day. I'd prefer something beefy.

The SF Chronicle reports on similar cases in Austria & Germany.

Vienna -- When 15-year-old Fatima traveled to Turkey last year to attend the wedding of a male cousin she had never met, she was eager to meet the bride and groom ( Read more... )