The world’s oldest dated rune stone, a landmark discovery revealed in 2023, is just one piece of a larger, nearly 2,000-year-old slab, new research has found. Now, scientists in Norway are ...

Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered what might be the oldest known rune stone, pushing back the origins of runic writing ...

It is rare to find a rune stone with early forms of runic writing. Now, pieces of sandstone from the Svingerud burial field in Hole, Norway, are thought to be the oldest rune stones in the world.

The find may be traceable to an employee of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the world's earliest known rune-stone, a study reports. Runes are the letters of an alphabetic script used to write Germanic languages before the ...

The world’s oldest dated rune stone, a landmark discovery revealed in 2023, is just one piece of a larger, nearly 2,000-year-old slab, new research has found.Now, scientists in Norway are ...

The world’s oldest dated rune stone, a landmark discovery revealed in 2023, is just one piece of a larger, nearly 2,000-year-old slab, new research has found.Now, scientists in Norway are ...

“Due to the rarity of rune-stones found in clearly datable archaeological contexts, we have had little concrete evidence regarding the early use of runic writing on stone and the age of the ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The world’s oldest dated rune stone, a landmark discovery revealed in 2023, is just one piece of a larger, nearly 2,000-year-old slab, new research has found ...

(CNN) — The world’s oldest dated rune stone, a landmark discovery revealed in 2023, is just one piece of a larger, nearly 2,000-year-old slab, new research has found. Now, scientists in Norway ...

Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written Germanic languages and who inscribed it.