Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...

The study of runes goes beyond just an ancient writing system; they represent an ancestral legacy full of wisdom and mystical ...

A Viking-era hoard was found in Scotland in 2014 and now runes on an armband have been translated for the first time.

Learn about the Svingerud Stone, a runestone found in a Norwegian grave site that currently stands as the earliest written ...

In an Iron Age burial ground surrounded by towering pines, rock fragments from the past have surfaced, and the faintly ...

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 uncovered ...

Each rune not only represents a phonetic sound but also has its own distinct meaning often connected with Norse mythology (see clickable alphabet at left). Scholars believe that early peoples used ...

A famed Viking-age silver hoard discovered in Scotland may have belonged to an entire community of people, rather than one ...

Archaeologists have made pre-Viking Norse language discovery atgrave site containing pieces of stone inscribed with Germanic ...

Sweden, renowned for its wealth of Viking rune stones and rock carvings, boasts the world’s largest collection of these historic artifacts. These standing stones, dating back to between the 9th ...

The news spread worldwide when the nearly 2,000-year-old Hole runestone was discovered. New findings may change parts of our ...

The new translation was revealed as items from the Galloway Hoard, regarded as one of the UK's most important archaeological ...