In the remote wilderness of Ontario, a small stone etched with strange symbols has sparked renewed debate among historians and archaeologists. Discovered by chance, the artifact may contain runes, ...

A couple renovating their kitchen floor at their home in a village in Denmark found an ancient stone carved with Viking runes that has been declared a state treasure.

Two groups of runestones erected in Denmark mention a woman named Thyra, which suggests she was a powerful Viking sovereign who likely played a pivotal role in the birth of the Danish realm.

Did Vikings find their way to a remote part of Oklahoma? Some in a small community believe so, thanks to controversial runic carvings found in the area.

Mystery over Viking treasure solved after runic inscription deciphered Experts have theorised who owned the treasure which was buried more than a thousand years ago ...

Viking queen may have been “the key figure” in Denmark society, study says. Queen Thyra’s name appears on rune stones more than any other ...

The Roseau 'rune' stone is a golf ball-sized stone encircled with a ring of markings. The stone was found near Roseau, Minnesota, between 1916-1918 and was thought by some to contain Viking runic ...

Human History Viking Runestones Suggest Bluetooth’s Mom Was Actually a Really Big Deal Two stones honor Thyra, mother of Harald Bluetooth, namesake of the modern technology.

Arm bands found in a Viking-age hoard first discovered in Scotland in 2014 had runes that weren’t deciphered for a decade until now ...

New analysis of the carvings suggests that the runes on both sets of stones were inscribed by the same artisan and refer to the same woman: a Viking queen of considerable power.