In the Middle Ages, the Roman alphabet and runes lived side by side. A new doctoral thesis challenges the notion that runes represent more of an oral and less of a learned form of written language.

Viking runes were used for everything from messages to monuments. But could they actually predict the future? Here's what ...

From ancient times mankind was appealed by unknown writings: half-forgotten antique languages, Egypt hieroglyphs, Indian inscriptions… The fate of runes was much happy – their sense wasn’t lost in the ...

An inscribed cow bone dating back to the seventh century proves that Germanic runes were the oldest script ever used by the ancient Slavs, Czech scientists said Thursday. Up to now, it was believed ...

The world's oldest runestone may have been found in Norway, dating back more than 2,000 years. It is covered in primitive runic writing, and archaeologists believe it dates back to between AD 1 and AD ...

The Vikings are often portrayed as illiterate, uncultured barbarians who evinced more interest in plunder than in poetry. In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood ...

The 2,000-year-old inscription is among the earliest examples of runic writing Archaeologists in Norway have found what they claim is the world’s oldest runestone, saying the inscriptions are up to ...

Perhaps no one has ever been as excited to see a comb as Danish archaeologist Søren Sindbæk. He and a team of archaeologists from Aarhus University recently unearthed one at a historic Viking town ...