A fresh translation of ancient runes is causing experts to rethink their view of Viking treasures. Part of the Galloway Hoard (a buried stash of 11 pounds worth of gold and silver named after the ...

A newly translated runic inscription has shed light on the Galloway Hoard, considered to be one of the richest collections of ...

The Viking Age hoard ... it could be understood as the name of the F-rune itself “feoh” [wealth or property], unlocked the new translation. The researchers said “IIGNA” could then be ...

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 ...

According to a new interpretation of runes carved on an artifact in the fabled Galloway Hoard, the treasure may have been ...

See it This meant the general translation of the rune was not a single person’s ... Hoard is considered the “richest collection” of Viking-age artifacts ever found in Britain or Ireland ...