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Learn how a buried runestone near Wawa, Ontario, may date to the 1800s and preserve North America’s longest runic inscription, a Swedish Lord’s Prayer, and clues to who carved it. In 2017, a ...

During the fall of 2021, archaeologists excavating a grave in eastern Norway unearthed a block of red-tinged sandstone etched with spidery runes, an ancient system of writing used by Germanic peoples ...

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 ...

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 ...

J.R.’s name is inscribed in Runic script between the two-part fuel and oil tank. The tanks feature stainless steel, brass, and copper inlays on both sides and tops, as well as brass gas and oil vented ...