Now, scientists in Norway are working to reassemble the ancient puzzle, a process that’s starting to shed light on who carved the mysterious runic writing and what the words mean. Runes were the ...

The same passage also appears to reference the act of rune-carving, and could therefore indicate that the runes were produced by this female scribe. If confirmed, this would represent the earliest ...

In one common rune-casting technique, the diviner carved runes on pieces of bark, then flung the pieces on the ground, picked three at random, and used the symbols inscribed on them to answer his ...

During this time the Norse carved runes into the walls. From the runes, archaeologists know that the Norse were Christian and called themselves crusaders. Students could consider what people in ...