Runic inscriptions from the Viking Age still turn up in Sweden 1,000 years after they were written – revealing fascinating stories of love, loss and epic battles. A few years ago, Magnus Källström, a ...

The allure of the Marauders—James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew—is undeniable. Their story, glimpsed through fragmented memories or tales in the original books, is one of ...

Researchers spent years quietly studying a stone carved with 255 runes and the image of a boat found in Ontario. Now, revealing the stone’s existence, they’re asking the public for help. By Alan Yuhas ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A rock carving discovered in the Ontario backcountry started a search for the meaning and history of the site in 2019. The carving features what ...

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The Galloway Hoard is considered to be one of the richest collections of Viking-age objects ever found in Britain and Ireland (National Museums Scotland/PA) A newly translated runic inscription has ...

Fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world were found in an ancient Norwegian burial ground Inscriptions on the stones were determined to be the earliest known form of runic writing, which could ...

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