(Credit: Alexei Novikov/Shutterstock) The enigmatic origins of runic writings used by early Germanic peoples have invited much debate over the years, but a fragmented runestone from a Norwegian grave ...

A team of researchers from the University of Oslo uncovered fragments of runestones older than 2,000 ... languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. The older runic alphabets, such ...

The runestone found at Tyrifjorden, Norway ... Runes are the characters in several Germanic alphabets that were used in northern Europe from ancient times until the adoption of the Latin alphabet.