When Vikings sailed the North Sea in the 10th century, they recorded their exploits in runes, but that ancient alphabet is ...

Archaeologists remain baffled by a surprising, seemingly ahistorical find located deep in the Canadian wilderness. But after years of research, analysis, and historical corroboration, an ...

The thorn was from the Anglo-Saxon runic alphabet, and it presented itself in English after the Anglo-Saxons invaded the British Isles. Here's where things may start to sound familiar.

One theory posits that the runic alphabet—also known as “futhark,” after its first six sounds—was derived from the alphabet of the Etruscans in northern Italy.

Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered what might be the oldest known rune stone, pushing back the origins of runic writing further than ever imagined. Estimated to date between 50 BCE and 275 CE ...

Verdict: TRUE The English language wasn't always written using Latin characters, prior to the 700s the language was written using Germanic runes.

A mysterious graphic feature runes was shown on "WWE Raw," suggesting the return of a tag team who have been on the shelf for an extended period of time.

Archeologists in Norway have discovered the world’s oldest dated runestone, which features inscriptions that are up to 2,000 years old.

The Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, Norway has revealed the "world's oldest runestone," providing clues to origins of Western writing.

He sometimes wrote in runes -- an ancient Scandinavian language that differs from the English alphabet. But Larsson's runes were not the usual runes used over the centuries.