A runestone is a large stone carved with runic inscriptions — usually in the early Germanic alphabet known as the futhark.

On the Origins of Old Germanic Runic Alphabet and Early Irish Ogham ... Both the Celtic Ogham and the Germanic Futhark have unique sequences for which no interpretation has yet been found. The ...

Write Your Name in Runes. By Nicole Sanderson; Posted 04.28.11; NOVA; Runes are the characters of the alphabet used by the Vikings and other Germanic peoples from about the second to the 15th ...

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 alphabet, alpha and beta.

The rune bone could also indicate that Germanic tribes may even have played a significant role in the formation and emergence of these Slavs into a distinct ethnic group at this time.

Runes Found on Seventh-Century Cow Bone Could Change Slavic History The Germanic writing suggests Slavs used an alphabet more than 200 years earlier than previously believed ...

The ancient runic alphabet, used by Germanic peoples centuries ago prior to the adoption of the Latin alphabet, remains one of the most enigmatic early writing systems. Chief among its mysteries is ...

But this posed a problem for the Nazis who claimed that the Germanic runes were the first known alphabet. So, they simply rewrote history: They decided that the Germanic runic alphabet did not follow ...

PRAGUE (AFP) — An inscribed cow bone dating back to the seventh century proves that Germanic runes were the oldest script ever used by the ancient Slavs, Czech scientists said Thursday. Up to now, it ...

Inscribed on the bone are six of the last eight runes from a 24-letter alphabet known as Old Futhark, the oldest runic alphabet used by Germanic tribes during the first half of the first millennium.