People living in Scandinavia may have written encrypted messages in runes – the alphabet later used by the Vikings – several centuries earlier than previously thought. In runic writing systems, each ...
Across Sweden, ancient rune stones stand quietly in fields, near churches, and along roads. Many people pass them without a second thought. Yet these stones hold voices from more than 1,000 years ago.
The Rök runestone in Sweden was discovered in the 1940s, and is covered with 800 runic letters. Macduff Everton/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images A new interpretation of the text engraved on one of the ...
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