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 ...

After more than 1,000 years, researchers believe they've finally decoded the mystery of the world's longest runestone, a ...

When the Vikings did write things down, they used a completely different type of writing to us called runes. Rather than letters of the alphabet, runes used symbols. There were at least three ...

The mysterious Rök stone, one of the world’s most famous runestones, was raised in the ninth Century in Sweden and contains the longest runic inscription ... alludes to a Viking fear very ...

Archaeologists have found “compelling” new evidence as to who might have owned a Viking Age hoard of more than 5kg of gold, silver and other treasures. A newly translated runic inscription has ...