Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers ...
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 ...
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 ...
Image caption, Viking runes were scratched on to the walls at the Maeshowe neolithic burial chamber on Orkney by Vikings who were sheltering from a storm. When the Vikings did write things down ...
One of the greatest architectural achievement of Scotland's Neolithic builders has to be the 5000 year old chambered tomb of Maes Howe in Orkney. The builders of the chambered cairn known as Maes Howe ...
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Newly translated runes shed ‘compelling’ new light on who owned Galloway HoardA newly translated runic inscription has shed “compelling” new light on who might have owned the Galloway Hoard, experts have ...
One rune carving is on a stone hidden by grass ... reveal new details about the transition from the Picts to the Vikings in Orkney Dr Alex Sanmark, from the Institute for Northern Studies at ...
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Miami Herald (Video) on MSNRunes found on Viking-era hoard finally decipheredA Viking-era hoard was found in Scotland in 2014 and now runes on an armband have been translated for the first time.
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