How Arabian Script Infiltrated the Runes of Ancient Germany
Arabian archers in the Roman army had a surprising impact on the evolution of writing in ancient Germany at the dawn of our Common Era (AD). The old Germanic alphabet, known as runes – bolstered with letters from the language of the Arabian Nabateans …
Denmark discovered the oldest writing in Scandinavia on a 2,000-year-old knife
On January 23, Denmark's Odense Museum announced that this country's archaeologists had found a small knife engraved with runes, dating back 2,000 years. This is the oldest remnant of Scandinavian writing found in this country. Archaeologist …