In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood and metal, all written in the enigmatic symbols known as runes. They relied on these symbols not only for writing but ...

Most rune-stones are Viking Age memorials, erected in memory of someone and inscribed with formulaic phrases. The Hole rune-stone is different. It’s older, and it “speaks” in an unclear ...

Runes are the characters of the alphabet used by the Vikings and other Germanic peoples from about the second to the 15th centuries A.D. Some runes vaguely resemble letters in our own alphabet ...

Two rare artifacts inscribed with ancient letters, or runes, could be the key to a mysterious era of Viking history when they suddenly abandoned their old alphabet and transitioned to a new one.

Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area. "[Farley] spent the majority of her adult ...

and new analysis of the carvings suggests that the runes on both sets of stones were inscribed by the same artisan and refer to the same woman: a Viking queen of considerable power. Researchers ...

This incredibly detailed Viking-era Rök runestone stands near Lake Vattern in Östergotland, Sweden. ... More It bears the longest runic inscription in the world. First-time visitors to the ...

This was useful for helping to decide who could inherit land and wealth. Image caption, Viking runes were scratched on to the walls at the Maeshowe neolithic burial chamber on Orkney by Vikings ...