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 ...

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

That Viking queen was Queen Thrya, and her story, which was written on engraved stones, shows that she was a very impressive and honorable woman. Historians know a lot about Viking-age Denmark through ...

This could mean the stone was used as a sort of draft to try out the runes. "It's possible that someone ... archaeologists know they were in use up until about 1350. It's unclear when the writing ...