World's Oldest Rune Stone Containing Mysterious Messages Was Intentionally Fragmented, Researchers Claim Researchers ...

The Vikings are often portrayed as illiterate, uncultured barbarians who evinced more interest in plunder than in poetry. In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone ...

Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered what might be the oldest known rune stone, pushing back the origins of runic writing ...