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

Scholars believe that early peoples used the runes originally as a means ... and in recent times the Vikings' enigmatic alphabet has had a resurgence at the hands of everyone from Nazis to New ...

The earliest runestone ever to be reliably dated has been discovered at a grave field in Norway, providing some fascinating insights into the origins of runic writing. Engraved some time between 50 ...

The oldest runes were in use until about 700AD. How these letters originated and evolved has long been a mystery. "The development of runic writing and the practice of inscribing runes on stone ...

When the Vikings did write things down, they used a completely different type of writing to us called runes. Rather than letters of the alphabet, runes used symbols. There were at least three ...

Archaeologists have found “compelling” new evidence as to who might have owned a Viking Age hoard of more than 5kg of gold, silver and other treasures. A newly translated runic inscription has ...