Kari Tauring's book explores the 16 "younger" runes, finding their evolved shapes, sounds, and meanings reflected cultural ...

The symbols can be traced back to Futhark, the oldest known runic alphabet. Archaeologists remain baffled by a surprising, seemingly ahistorical find located deep in the Canadian wilderness.

Runes fell out of widespread use but did not disappear altogether, and in recent times the Vikings' enigmatic alphabet has had a resurgence at the hands of everyone from Nazis to New Agers.

It contains the first three letters of the runic alphabet – “f,” “u” and “th” – on one of its sides, according to the museum. The stone features "unexpected" inscriptions.

Runes are thought to have developed after a first contact with ancient Romans It's not clear when the runic alphabet — called the futhark, because the first six runes are "f u th a r k ...

Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered what might be the oldest known rune stone, pushing back the origins of runic writing further than ever imagined. Estimated to date between 50 BCE and 275 CE ...

The alphabet included 24 symbols, the last seven of which were scratched onto the broken bone. A graduate student spotted the runes inscribed on the surface of a seventh-century cow bone.

Older runes have been found on other items, but not on stone. A rune stone discovered in Norway is being called the world’s oldest, bearing inscriptions that date back to the earliest known days ...