A couple renovating their kitchen floor at their home in a village in Denmark found an ancient stone carved with Viking runes that has been declared a state treasure.

Archaeologists in Ontario have decoded a 200-year-old rock carving in Canadian wilderness, revealing the Lord’s Prayer in ...

A 2,000-year-old knife with an inscription written in ancient Old Norse runes was discovered in Denmark under the remnants of an urn. ... The Art Market Has Lost Its Grip on Pricing.

Viking warriors harnessed the arcane powers of the runes even in war. Runic inscriptions on swords entreated the gods either to protect the sword's owner or bring pain and misery to his enemy.

There are also letters partly written in runes. Their content varies, from simple everyday phrases to religious hymns and official documents. Henrik Bruun Williams, a professor of Nordic philology at ...

In 2011, Lyle Tompsen, an archaeologist who specialises in the Viking era, analysed the runestone and wrote a paper concluding: "The veracity of the Heavener stone as a Viking artifact is problematic.

The runic alphabet eventually evolved to reflect the transition from the Proto-Norse language to Old Norse in the 8th century, and it was used up until the 14th century, when Christianity — and by ...

The Nordic rune for “B,” also featured prominently on King Bluetooth’s Jelling Stone. And, possibly, some of the archeological relics excavated at the burial site.

A newly translated runic inscription has shed light on the Galloway Hoard, considered to be one of the richest collections of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain and Ireland when it was ...