University professors made a rare discovery of a well-preserved sixth century sword as seen on the BBC’s flagship archaeology ...
Across Sweden, ancient rune stones stand quietly in fields, near churches, and along roads. Many people pass them without a ...
Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating ...
Runic stones up to 1,000 years old continue to be discovered by chance in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries, shedding ...
Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating ...
A Concise History breaks off these later accretions and unearths their long history. Runes’ primary function as an alphabetic writing system is underlined throughout, as part of the ‘uphill battle’ ...
During an excavation near the small Czech Republic village of Lány, a graduate student discovered a section of a cow’s rib bone that had some strange carved markings on its surface. She didn’t know ...
Ancient writing systems are a fascinating window into the past, offering clues about the cultures that created them. These scripts are not just means of communication, but also art forms, often ...
Two trees fell in northern Ontario and exposed a stone that most people would have walked past without a second thought. Etched into bedrock near Wawa, the stone slab carries a long inscription and a ...
In 1898, Swedish farmer Olof Öhman claimed he found a carved stone tablet under a tree on his Minnesota farm. The stone bore runic inscriptions telling of Vikings who reached America in 1362, ...
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