In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood and metal, all written in the enigmatic symbols known as runes. They relied on these symbols not only for writing but ...

A runestone is a large stone carved with runic inscriptions — usually in the early Germanic alphabet known as the futhark.

When the Vikings did write things down, they used a completely different type of writing to us called runes. Rather than letters of the alphabet, runes used symbols. There were at least three ...

The 700-plus runes (early Germanic symbols) covering all five of the stone’s sides were previously believed to have been ...