In an Iron Age burial ground surrounded by towering pines, rock fragments from the past have surfaced, and the faintly ...

The Oldest Known Rune Stone Fragments Found in Burial Sites, Hints at Germanic Ritual Practices Archaeologists discovered ...

In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood and metal, all written in the enigmatic symbols known as runes. They relied on these symbols not only for writing but ...

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have discovered what may be the world's earliest known rune-stone, a study reports. Runes are the letters of an alphabetic script used to write Germanic ...

However, if you try to interact with the stone circle, nothing happens. The trick to solving this puzzle is to note the three rune symbols on the large standing stone in the center. Explore the ...

Archaeologists have pieced together the earliest stone fragments containing inscriptions of Germanic letters, revealing what ...

New fragments of the stone discovered in another tomb. Credit: Kristel Zilmer This finding raises new questions about the nature of runic writing in its earliest stages. Some of the identified symbols ...

Archaeologists in Hole, Norway, unearthed 12 fragments of a carved standing stone, identified as the world’s oldest rune stone, a study said. Photo from the Museum of Cultural History While ...

Archaeologists in Hole, Norway, unearthed 12 fragments of a carved standing stone, identified as the world’s oldest rune stone, a study said. Photo from the Museum of Cultural History While ...