After more than 1,000 years, researchers believe they've finally decoded the mystery of the world's longest runestone, a ...

How else could the Heavener runestone, a massive 12-foot stone containing eight ancient Viking runes, have ended up there otherwise? Or the five other runestones discovered in the state?

But many of these stones are from the age of the Vikings, about AD 800 to 1050, and few examples of early runes exist. Archaeologists who originally unearthed the oldest known rune stone in 2021 ...

However, a recent study has deciphered a new translation of the stone, one the researchers believe alludes to a Viking fear very recognisable to us today - their own climate crisis. Video by Maddy ...