Fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world were found in an ancient Norwegian burial ground Inscriptions on the stones were determined to be the earliest known form of runic writing ...

The oldest runes were in use until about 700AD. How these letters originated and evolved has long been a mystery. "The development of runic writing and the practice of inscribing runes on stone ...

Fragments of the oldest rune stone discovered in Norway’s Svingerud burial field. Credit: Steinar Solheim et al. / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Archaeologists have uncovered fragments of what may be the world’s ...

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have discovered what may be the world's earliest known rune-stone, a study reports ... Their origin is debated but the oldest of the runic alphabets ...

Radiocarbon dating allowed researchers to determine that the fragments originated somewhere between 50 B.C. and 275 C.E., cementing the Svingerud Stone as the oldest known runestone. Many identified ...

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A team of researchers has found fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world in the Svingerud burial field, Norway. These pieces, which have been assembled like a puzzle, offer a unique insight ...

Carved with stone tools out of mammoth ivory, the tiny head measures just 1.9 inches (4.8 centimeters) tall and 1 inch (2.4 cm) wide. The sculpture appears to represent a woman's face, with ...

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Mr Richardson said we may never know the full story of the stone statue. "I think we're all intrigued by a mystery," he said. "We still want to find out what the truth is, although maybe the truth ...

the statue was placed here as a nod to the wall’s Roman origins. There’s also a replica of an inscribed Roman tombstone embedded in a modern wall nearby. This stone originally marked the grave of ...