A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Rök Stone (Rök Runestone), in Swedish, Rökstenen‘, is a remarkable 9th-century granite monument bearing the distinction of containing the longest runic inscription ever uncovered. The
MessageToEagle.com – Famous as the Lords of the Ocean, the Vikings had their homeland in the Nordic regions of Europe known today as Scandinavia. Many associate Vikings with
MessageToEagle.com – An important 1,000-year-old Viking rune stone made by Fot runemaster has been discovered in Sweden. The rune stone has been missing for two centuries and was finally
MessageToEagle.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
MessageToEagle.com – Runes played an important part in the lives of the Vikings. Unfortunately, there are few remains of runic writing on paper from the Viking era. Nevertheless, thousands
MessageToEagle.com – Elfdalian (in Swedish: Älvdalska) is a very ancient relative of Swedish (maybe even more ‘Swedish’ than it is spoken today). Some call it a dialect but most
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have unearthed an unusual “hammer of Thor” covered with runes. What is so special about this particular find is that it can finally solve the
