Archaeologists in Hole, Norway, unearthed 12 fragments of a carved standing stone, identified as the world’s oldest rune stone, a study said. Photo from the Museum of Cultural History While ...

Norway, and finished work in 2023. The site included four grave mounds and a pair of “flat graves,” all mostly filled with “typical” artifacts — except for one red stone. A photo shows ...

Still, the Hole rune stones are “a rare example of finding several fragments of a rune-stone” in “well-preserved, datable ...