Strange carvings at Norwegian grave site reveal what language was like before Vikings - Stone fragments inscribed with runes ...

Archaeologists have discovered some of the earliest-known stone fragments containing Germanic letter inscriptions at a grave ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable archaeological contexts” and provide “insight into early runic writing ...

“Stone carving is a hard way to earn a living ... helps to set the paint that is brushed on to the letters. Raju, like many of his counterparts, ‘knows’ many languages by sight, and can ...