In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood and metal, all written in the enigmatic symbols known as runes. They relied on these symbols not only for writing but ...

revealing what the Norse language was like before the Viking era. Researchers from the University of Oslo found that the ancient fragments fit together “like a jigsaw puzzle” suggesting that the ...

NEIL OLIVER:These dark lines, etched into the marble, are Viking runes ancient Viking writing. They're almost indecipherable. The only bit that's in any way clear, is part of someone's name ...