In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone ... Those who used them for magic took the supernatural powers of the runes seriously. As one Viking poet put it, "Let ...

The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture, while the other runic stone and the church illustrate the Christianization of the Danish people ...

Numerous stones carved with runes found across Scandinavia bear fascinating messages, such as one about a powerful Viking queen or a warning for frigid climate change based on past events.

The ancient runes of an inscribed silver armband found in a buried Viking treasure hoard in Scotland are helping to reveal more about a place and time nearly lost to history. “The hoard has a ripple ...

mentioning a powerful Viking queen and even warning of a frigid climate crisis based on past events. Now, researchers have traced a path back in time to the world’s oldest recorded rune stone ...

The mysterious Rök stone, one of the world’s most famous runestones, was raised in the ninth Century in Sweden and contains the longest runic inscription ... alludes to a Viking fear very ...