Runes are the characters of the alphabet used by the Vikings and other Germanic peoples from about the second to the 15th centuries A.D. Some runes vaguely resemble letters in our own alphabet; others ...

Nancy Possinger encouraged about 20 people visiting Dighton Rock to study the mysterious inscriptions left on the landmark through Viking eyes. “We were hoping that you could look at the rock in a ...

Airs Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 9 p.m. & Sunday, April 17 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV PBS’s award-winning science series NOVA reveals what may be the first new Viking site discovered in North America in ...