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.

Most rune-stones are Viking Age memorials ... It’s also probably the oldest runestone we know of. Dating ancient stones is notoriously difficult. Scholars often rely on linguistic analysis ...

The ancient runes of an inscribed silver armband found in a buried Viking treasure hoard in Scotland are helping to reveal ...

The pieces dated to around 900 A.D. or the Viking Age ... unearths ancient gold item — and stuns experts in Germany. See it This meant the general translation of the rune was not a single ...

Credit: Ulrika Eriksson / Svenska kyrkan A reinterpretation of the runic inscription on the Forsa Ring, an ancient Viking artifact, has shed new light on the monetary systems of the Viking Age. This ...

The ancient runes of an inscribed silver armband found in a buried Viking treasure hoard in Scotland are helping to reveal more about a place and time nearly lost to history. “The hoard has a ripple ...