When Vikings sailed the North Sea in the 10th century, they recorded their exploits in runes, but that ancient alphabet is ...

The stone tells a dramatic story about Scandinavian explorers in Minnesota. The translated message states: “8 Goths [Swedes] ...

A runestone is a large stone carved with runic inscriptions — usually in the early Germanic alphabet known as the futhark.

The distinctive Bluetooth logo also has ties to the Viking ruler. It is a combination of two runes from the Younger Futhark alphabet: ᚼ (H) and ᛒ (B), which are the initials of Harald ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

The Oldest Runestone Conveys Norse Language Before the Viking Age Learn about the Svingerud Stone, a runestone found in a Norwegian grave site that currently stands as the earliest written depiction ...

A recent study, not yet peer-reviewed, proposes a reinterpretation of the famous Iron Age petroglyphs (helleristninger) in Norway and Sweden, suggesting that almost all of them were created by just ...

The Younger Futhark, also called Scandinavian runes, is a runic alphabet and a reduced form of the Elder Futhark, with only 16 characters. It was in use from about the 9th century onwards. Staveless ...