Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written Germanic languages and who inscribed it.

The repatriation comes after years of legal disputes over the true identity and provenance of the 6-foot-4 artwork, which has been housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art ...

The stone, which sustained damage in six spots, had been carved to fit perfectly in a palace wall hundreds of years ago ...