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

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 ...

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

A team of researchers from the University of Oslo uncovered fragments of runestones older than 2,000 years at the ancient cemetery in Svingerud, Norway. Dated between 50 BCE and 275 CE, the find ...

Archaeologists have pieced together the earliest stone fragments containing inscriptions of Germanic letters, revealing what the Norse language was like before the Viking era.

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 ...

A team of researchers from the University of Oslo has discovered fragments of rune stones over 2000 years old in an ancient ...