Many identified runestones come centuries later in history, during the Viking Age (around the 9th to 11th centuries). The sandstone pieces were primarily dispersed in three graves, designated Hole 1, ...

The oldest runes were in use until about 700AD. How these letters originated and evolved has long been a mystery. "The development of runic writing and the practice of inscribing runes on stone ...

Archaeologists have discovered some of the earliest-known stone fragments containing Germanic letter inscriptions at a grave site in Norway, offering unprecedented insights into Norse language before ...