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 ...

A woman may have signed her name on the world's oldest dated runestone, researchers in Norway have found as they piece together the 2,000-year-old puzzle.

The sandstone fragments analysed in the study were unearthed during excavations at a grave site in Svingerud, Norway, from 2021 to 2023. The fragments, found in separate graves, were dated to between ...

It’s believed Germanic people drew inspiration from the Roman alphabet to create the characters, according to the museum, but the exact origins of runes and how they were used has remained murky.

Runes represent an early Germanic writing system that was used before the adoption of the Latin alphabet, and was prevalent across Scandinavia and other parts of Northern Europe until the end of ...