In use until around 700 CE, older futhark is something of an enigma, with researchers still unsure exactly where, when, and ...

When the seafaring Vikings traveled to faraway lands, they brought their system of writing with them, leaving runic inscriptions in places as distant as Greenland. Wherever they went, Vikings ...

This dramatic discovery suggests that the runic writing system was in use much earlier than believed, reshaping our understanding of early Scandinavian literacy. The stone’s carvings don’t ...

Experts believe the Roman alphabet may have inspired the Scandinavians to create their own writing system. Evidence of runic writing exists from the Roman Iron Age and the Viking era, but ...

"We have had little concrete evidence of early use of runic writing on stone," said Kristel Zilmer, a runology professor at the University of Oslo's Museum of Cultural History, CNN. The ...