runes Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Forsa Ring, also known as Forsaringen in Swedish, is an iron artifact originating from Hälsingland, Sweden, dating back to the 9th or 10th

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When museum inspector and archaeologist Jakob Bonde dug up a  2,000-year-old knife with a runic inscription from a burial ground near Odense on

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A couple in Denmark found a huge runestone under the floor while renovating the kitchen in their house in the village Mosekær just

 A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Björketorp Runestone in Blekinge, Sweden, is part of a burial ground with menhirs standing alone and forming stone circles. Dated to about 400-700

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com -  In the Middle Ages, the Roman alphabet and runes lived side by side. A new doctoral thesis challenges the notion that runes represent

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - The Ledberg Stone (Ledbergsstenen) is considered one of Sweden's most beautiful Runestones. This landmark is also one of the country's more familiar runestones due

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The discovery of ancient runes is always of great interest to those who study Norse history and culture. Many runic inscriptions have been

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Norse mythology, there are many references to a creature known as Draugr, often described as a fearsome, ugly living dead who would rise from

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - School children in Sweden have accomplished what adults failed to do. A group of fifth-grade students deciphered runes that were previously impossible to

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The concept of life after death is often mentioned in Norse mythology, and there are several stories about the journeys of the dead and

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Can nature provide a person with answers about the future? People in ancient Sweden believed a walk in the forest could foretell future

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Anundshög is a burial mound from about 500-700 AD; it is 9 meters (30 ft) high and 60 meters (200 ft) wide, and

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Odin is associated with war and death, humanity's knowledge of the runic alphabet, poetry, healing, and sorcery. Odin was always seeking wisdom, even at

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Sator Square is an ancient magical word puzzle that fascinates historians and scientists. It was first discovered at the end of the

AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in Dublin have discovered 11th-century Viking village with graffiti and unique artifacts. According to researchers, the discovery is an “extraordinary find”.  As previously mentioned on

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Several Norse runes mention a group of unknown warriors named Kylfings. According to scholars, the Kylfings may have been members of the Varangian Guard, but who

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - We tend to associate runes with large stones scattered throughout Scandinavia. Those rune stones tell stories about courageous Viking heroes, dramatic battles, and fascinating

AncientPages.com - A very rare whetstone - a tiny piece of polished slate from the medieval deposits, dating c 1050-1500 - has been unearthed by archaeologist from the Norwegian

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The mysterious Jomsvikings were no ordinary Viking warriors. They were a fearless Scandinavian warrior-brotherhood. Each fighter must obey the 11 military rules set by

AncientPages.com - The Vikings used a Runic calendar often written on parchment or carved onto staves of wood, bone, or horn. The year was divided into moon phases and the calendar reflected

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Elfdalian (in Swedish: Älvdalska) is a very ancient relative of Swedish (maybe even more 'Swedish' than it is spoken today). Some call it