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 ...

Considering Middle-earth's checkered history, the existence of macabre entities like Ungoliant, Shelob, Smaug, Gollum, and the Balrog of Khazad-dûm doesn't exactly come as a surprise.

Journey through Middle-earth with Agoro as they unveil a new set of Lord of the Rings Trading Coins with individual mintage and 51 designs Published Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:22:06 -0600 ...

Cirth was made up of angular runes that were ideal for carving into hard surfaces like wood, stone, and metal. This system of writing spread throughout Middle-earth, and not only the Elves adopted it.

This carried over to the map. The artist that we worked with already had deep knowledge of Middle Earth, so the brief only needed to lay out our goals. We wanted the map to feel like a hand-made ...

The Royal Mint has launched a new £2 coin to commemorate the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien, with 2023 marking 50 years since his death. As an accomplished scholar, philologist, father of modern ...

Verdict The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying modified the rules of Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition for a highly accessible game that nails the feel of adventuring in Middle-earth.

For Tolkien, Middle-earth was a world full of music. The team behind The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power stayed true to those origins.

Set decorator Megan Vertelle reveals the initial concepts behind Middle-earth’s most diminutive inhabitants. By Ted Brown This story was created in paid partnership with Prime Building a world ...