Sweden, renowned for its wealth of Viking rune stones and rock carvings, boasts the world’s largest collection of these historic artifacts. These standing stones, dating back to between the 9th ...

Normally erected at grave sites, especially during the Viking era, runes are stones inscribed with runic letters, the oldest alphabet known in Scandinavia. The discovery, which could date from the ...

Old questions about a mysterious object unearthed in Minnesota more than a century ago get an ancient solution.

The mysterious Rök stone, one of the world’s most famous runestones, was raised in the ninth Century in Sweden and contains the longest runic inscription in the world; the true meaning of which ...

The five-ton stone measures eight feet tall and its five sides are covered with the longest runic inscription in existence—some 760 runes divided into 28 lines. And, while the vast majority of ...