Researchers pieced the stone together like a jigsaw puzzle from various fragments found at an ancient burial ground.

Learn your F-U-TH's The runic alphabet, or Futhark, gets its name from its first six sounds (f, u, th, a, r, k), much like the word 'alphabet' derives from the first two letters of the Greek ...

Learn about the Svingerud Stone, a runestone found in a Norwegian grave site that currently stands as the earliest written ...

The earliest runestone ever to be reliably dated has been discovered at a grave field in Norway, providing some fascinating ...

Archaeologists in Norway have discovered fragments of the world’s oldest rune stone in Svingerud burial field, dating back to 50 BC–275 AD.

Piecing together fragments of the world's earliest known rune stone shows they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and may have ...

It’s been a month since I announced the “I’ll Try Anything Once” column, and I’m happy to say the responses are pouring in. Suggestions include jumping out of a ...

Archaeologists have made pre-Viking Norse language discovery atgrave site containing pieces of stone inscribed with Germanic ...

Runes are the letters of an alphabetic script used to write Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. Their origin is debated but the oldest of the runic alphabets was in use ...

Runes are the letters of an alphabetic script used to write Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. The older runic alphabets, such as Elder Futhark, were in use until around ...

A team of researchers has found fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world in the Svingerud burial field, Norway. These ...