Deep in the northern Ontario bush, strange runes on a stone have perplexed archaeologists. The runes are Swedish in origin. Who made them, and why?

Humans Ancient Scandinavians wrote encrypted messages in runes 1500 years ago. Objects from Norway and Sweden, some dating from AD 500 to 700, show clear evidence of encryption using runic symbols ...

Arm bands found in a Viking-age hoard first discovered in Scotland in 2014 had runes that weren’t deciphered for a decade until now ...

The runes have now been recognized as some of the oldest ever found in Denmark. The only others of the same age were discovered in 1865 on a bone comb from an archaeological site a few miles away.

The ancient runic alphabet, used by Germanic peoples centuries ago prior to the adoption of the Latin alphabet, remains one of the most enigmatic early writing systems. Chief among its mysteries is ...

Arm bands found in a Viking-age hoard first discovered in Scotland in 2014 had runes that weren’t deciphered for a decade until now ...

Arm bands found in a Viking-age hoard first discovered in Scotland in 2014 had runes that weren’t deciphered for a decade until now ...