Fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world were found in an ancient Norwegian burial ground Inscriptions on the stones were determined to be the earliest known form of runic writing ...

Piecing together fragments of the world's earliest known rune stone shows they fit together like a jigsaw puzzle and may have ...

Archaeologists in Norway have discovered fragments of the world’s oldest rune stone in Svingerud burial field, dating back to 50 BC–275 AD.

A team of researchers has found fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world in the Svingerud burial field, Norway. These pieces, which have been assembled like a puzzle, offer a unique insight ...

Archaeologists in Hole, Norway, unearthed 12 fragments of a carved standing stone, identified as the world’s oldest rune stone, a study said. Photo from the Museum of Cultural History While ...

"The development of runic writing and the practice of inscribing runes on stone are difficult to trace," study co-author Kristel Zilmer, a professor of runology at the University of Oslo ...

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

In an Iron Age burial ground surrounded by towering pines, rock fragments from the past have surfaced, and the faintly ...

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have discovered what may be the world's earliest known rune-stone, a study reports. Runes are the letters of an alphabetic script used to write Germanic ...