Shillings, gods and runes: clues in language suggest a Semitic superpower in ancient northern Europe
- Written by Robert Mailhammer, Associate Dean, Research, Western Sydney University
Dido building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire. Joseph Mallord William Turner, c 1815.The National Gallery, CC BY-NC-SARemember when Australians paid in shillings and pence? New research suggests the words for these coins and other culturally important items and concepts are the result of close contact between the early Germanic...