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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A woman may have signed her name on the world's oldest dated runestone, researchers in Norway have found, as they piece together the 2,000-year-old puzzle. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

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 ...