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

Early Germanic tribes of northern Europe were ... 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 ...

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

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 ...

Runes were the letters used to write Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet, the oldest of which were in use until about AD 700. However, how these runes originated and were ...

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

Runes were the writing system used for Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet, with their earliest forms in use until approximately 700 AD. However, the exact origin of this ...

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 ...

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