Strange carvings at Norwegian grave site reveal what language was like before Vikings - Stone fragments inscribed with runes ...

Archaeologists have returned to dig on a hillside where they previously unearthed an unusual sandstone carving. Named the Nessglyph, the discovery was made in January at Nesscliffe hill ...

While enjoying the 40,000 acres of bright-red Aztec sandstone, Cal noticed a disturbing and destructive trend: tourists carving their names into the famed formations. "What exactly was it that ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable archaeological contexts” and provide “insight into early runic writing ...

The information gathered will then help highlight the town's heritage of sandstone carving. It will ultimately be made available online and will also form part of a special exhibition at Dumfries ...

The sandstone fragments analysed in the study ... providing the earliest known context for rune writings. The carvings, an “unusual mixture of runes and other markings”, were reconstructed ...