In October, Professor Judith Jesch of the University of Nottingham’s Centre for the Study of the Viking Age led a group of 20 runologists from Scandinavia, Britain and Germany to study Orkney’s ...

A Viking rune code on a 900-year-old piece of wood has been deciphered and it says, "Kiss me" Jonas Nordby A runologist at the University of Oslo has cracked the jötunvillur Norse rune code and found ...

A 900-year-old rune code that has puzzled experts has been cracked by a Norwegian runologist -- to discover the Viking version of playful text messages. Tumblr A 900-year-old rune code used by Vikings ...

It’s a monument to a son, fallen in battle. But its coded text tells of a terrible threat to come. It’s a 2.5m high, five-ton granite slab, deeply inscribed with Viking runes. For centuries, the ...

Historically, the Norse runes have been a subject of great interest for their mythological and historical value. Recent research, however, is shedding new light on these enigmatic symbols, suggesting ...

Archaeologists in Denmark have found a 2000-year-old knife believed to be inscribed with the oldest runes ever discovered in the country. The runic inscription, carved in the alphabet of Denmark’s ...

A secret code that remained unsolved for 1200 years has finally been cracked – and its reveals a dark prophecy that is already coming true. It’s a monument to a son, fallen in battle. But its coded ...