Viking warriors harnessed the arcane powers of the runes even in war. Runic inscriptions on swords entreated the gods either to protect the sword's owner or bring pain and misery to his enemy.

When Vikings sailed the North Sea in the 10th century, they recorded their exploits in runes, but that ancient alphabet is much older than we thought.

Write Your Name in Runes. The runic alphabet, or Futhark, gets its name from its first six letters (f, u, th, a, r, k), much like the word "alphabet" derives from the first two letters of the ...

A stone carved with symbols known as runes and dating to the Middle Ages has been discovered during an excavation ahead of a railway-construction project in Oslo, Norway.

Viking Code Cracked. News February 12, 2014 (Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo) SHARE: Share to Facebook ... in learning to write and read runes,” he told The Guardian.

A runic dice is special. It has runes and symbols from old alphabets on its sides. People use these unique dice for various purposes. Some just love adding them to their collection. The Runic Dice ...

The people most commonly associated with runes are the Norsemen, and, within that, Vikings. Countless artefacts, from gravestones to vases, have been found with rune carvings on them. People used ...