Researchers pieced the stone together like a jigsaw puzzle from various fragments found at an ancient burial ground.

Fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world were found in an ancient Norwegian burial ground Inscriptions on the stones were determined to be the earliest known form of runic writing ...

"The development of runic writing and the practice of inscribing runes on stone are difficult to trace," study co-author Kristel Zilmer, a professor of runology at the University of Oslo ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fragments of the world's earliest known rune stone, found at Svingerud, Norway, fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, suggesting intentional separation. These ...

Fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world were found in an ancient Norwegian burial ground Inscriptions on the stones were determined to be the earliest known form of runic writing, which could ...