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Rare runestone found in medieval Christian site on the Faroe Islands
Archaeologists have found a rare runestone during excavations at the Á Sondum archaeological site on Sandoy in the Faroe Islands. The stone lay within the floor of a medieval building uncovered during this summer’s work. Runic stones are rare in the Faroe Islands...
Photo © Helgi Michelsen
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/runestone-found-in-medieval-site-on-the-faroe-islands/
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Rare runestone found in medieval Christian site on the Faroe Islands
Archaeologists have found a rare runestone during excavations at the Á Sondum archaeological site on Sandoy in the Faroe Islands. The stone lay within the floor of a medieval building uncovered during this summer’s work. Runic stones are rare in the Faroe Islands...
Photo © Helgi Michelsen
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/runestone-found-in-medieval-site-on-the-faroe-islands/
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Rare runestone found in medieval Christian site on the Faroe Islands
Archaeologists have found a rare runestone during excavations at the Á Sondum archaeological site on Sandoy in the Faroe Islands. The stone lay within the floor of a medieval building uncovered during this summer’s work. Runic stones are rare in the Faroe Islands...
Photo © Helgi Michelsen
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/runestone-found-in-medieval-site-on-the-faroe-islands/
Follow @archaeology
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Rare runestone found in medieval Christian site on the Faroe Islands
Archaeologists have found a rare runestone during excavations at the Á Sondum archaeological site on Sandoy in the Faroe Islands. The stone lay within the floor of a medieval building uncovered during this summer’s work. Runic stones are rare in the Faroe Islands...
Photo © Helgi Michelsen
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/runestone-found-in-medieval-site-on-the-faroe-islands/
Follow @archaeology
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Rare runestone found in medieval Christian site on the Faroe Islands
Archaeologists have found a rare runestone during excavations at the Á Sondum archaeological site on Sandoy in the Faroe Islands. The stone lay within the floor of a medieval building uncovered during this summer’s work. Runic stones are rare in the Faroe Islands...
Photo © Helgi Michelsen
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/08/runestone-found-in-medieval-site-on-the-faroe-islands/
Follow @archaeology
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I’m at Överselö Church on the island Selaön in lake Mälaren. There are six runestones here by the church. One of them, Sö 207, mentions travels to England. It has been attributed to the rune carver Balle, though there is no signature. A large part of the inscription is missing, as the left side of the stone has broken off.
The day started off very sunny, but now it has started to rain. I’m trying to wait it out under a tree and having a snack. I still have five more stones to photograph.
Transliteration:
kuþr… … faþur sin · fur · hfila · hn · til · iklans · kuþ halbi · sil hnsNormalization:
Guð… … faður sinn. For hæfila hann til Ænglands. Guð hialpi sal hans.Translation:
Guð-… … his father. He competently travelled to England. May God help his soul. -
I’m at Överselö Church on the island Selaön in lake Mälaren. There are six runestones here by the church. One of them, Sö 207, mentions travels to England. It has been attributed to the rune carver Balle, though there is no signature. A large part of the inscription is missing, as the left side of the stone has broken off.
The day started off very sunny, but now it has started to rain. I’m trying to wait it out under a tree and having a snack. I still have five more stones to photograph.
Transliteration:
kuþr… … faþur sin · fur · hfila · hn · til · iklans · kuþ halbi · sil hnsNormalization:
Guð… … faður sinn. For hæfila hann til Ænglands. Guð hialpi sal hans.Translation:
Guð-… … his father. He competently travelled to England. May God help his soul. -
I’m at Överselö Church on the island Selaön in lake Mälaren. There are six runestones here by the church. One of them, Sö 207, mentions travels to England. It has been attributed to the rune carver Balle, though there is no signature. A large part of the inscription is missing, as the left side of the stone has broken off.
The day started off very sunny, but now it has started to rain. I’m trying to wait it out under a tree and having a snack. I still have five more stones to photograph.
Transliteration:
kuþr… … faþur sin · fur · hfila · hn · til · iklans · kuþ halbi · sil hnsNormalization:
Guð… … faður sinn. For hæfila hann til Ænglands. Guð hialpi sal hans.Translation:
Guð-… … his father. He competently travelled to England. May God help his soul. -
I’m at Överselö Church on the island Selaön in lake Mälaren. There are six runestones here by the church. One of them, Sö 207, mentions travels to England. It has been attributed to the rune carver Balle, though there is no signature. A large part of the inscription is missing, as the left side of the stone has broken off.
The day started off very sunny, but now it has started to rain. I’m trying to wait it out under a tree and having a snack. I still have five more stones to photograph.
Transliteration:
kuþr… … faþur sin · fur · hfila · hn · til · iklans · kuþ halbi · sil hnsNormalization:
Guð… … faður sinn. For hæfila hann til Ænglands. Guð hialpi sal hans.Translation:
Guð-… … his father. He competently travelled to England. May God help his soul. -
I’m at Överselö Church on the island Selaön in lake Mälaren. There are six runestones here by the church. One of them, Sö 207, mentions travels to England. It has been attributed to the rune carver Balle, though there is no signature. A large part of the inscription is missing, as the left side of the stone has broken off.
The day started off very sunny, but now it has started to rain. I’m trying to wait it out under a tree and having a snack. I still have five more stones to photograph.
Transliteration:
kuþr… … faþur sin · fur · hfila · hn · til · iklans · kuþ halbi · sil hnsNormalization:
Guð… … faður sinn. For hæfila hann til Ænglands. Guð hialpi sal hans.Translation:
Guð-… … his father. He competently travelled to England. May God help his soul. -
I went to visit three runestones standing next to each other at Broby bro north of Stockholm. They are all part of the Jarlabanke family stones.
The first one to the left is U 136, which is a pair stone with U 135. It mentions travels to Jerusalem and Greece. Estrid that raised the stone is grandmother to Jarlabanke.
The middle stone is U 137 raised by Estrid and Östen after their son Gag. It’s the oldest of the Jarlabanke stones, and was found in 1930.
The stone to the right is U 135, the pair stone of U 136. It mentions building of a bridge and a mound nearby.
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I went to visit three runestones standing next to each other at Broby bro north of Stockholm. They are all part of the Jarlabanke family stones.
The first one to the left is U 136, which is a pair stone with U 135. It mentions travels to Jerusalem and Greece. Estrid that raised the stone is grandmother to Jarlabanke.
The middle stone is U 137 raised by Estrid and Östen after their son Gag. It’s the oldest of the Jarlabanke stones, and was found in 1930.
The stone to the right is U 135, the pair stone of U 136. It mentions building of a bridge and a mound nearby.
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I went to visit three runestones standing next to each other at Broby bro north of Stockholm. They are all part of the Jarlabanke family stones.
The first one to the left is U 136, which is a pair stone with U 135. It mentions travels to Jerusalem and Greece. Estrid that raised the stone is grandmother to Jarlabanke.
The middle stone is U 137 raised by Estrid and Östen after their son Gag. It’s the oldest of the Jarlabanke stones, and was found in 1930.
The stone to the right is U 135, the pair stone of U 136. It mentions building of a bridge and a mound nearby.
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I went to visit three runestones standing next to each other at Broby bro north of Stockholm. They are all part of the Jarlabanke family stones.
The first one to the left is U 136, which is a pair stone with U 135. It mentions travels to Jerusalem and Greece. Estrid that raised the stone is grandmother to Jarlabanke.
The middle stone is U 137 raised by Estrid and Östen after their son Gag. It’s the oldest of the Jarlabanke stones, and was found in 1930.
The stone to the right is U 135, the pair stone of U 136. It mentions building of a bridge and a mound nearby.
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I went to visit three runestones standing next to each other at Broby bro north of Stockholm. They are all part of the Jarlabanke family stones.
The first one to the left is U 136, which is a pair stone with U 135. It mentions travels to Jerusalem and Greece. Estrid that raised the stone is grandmother to Jarlabanke.
The middle stone is U 137 raised by Estrid and Östen after their son Gag. It’s the oldest of the Jarlabanke stones, and was found in 1930.
The stone to the right is U 135, the pair stone of U 136. It mentions building of a bridge and a mound nearby.
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I've made another update of my runestone website. It is now backed by a data file making it a lot easier to add new pages.
I also added a few new pages, and updated some pages with new photos and texts.
Among the new and changed pages are: Sö 338, GR 1, N A222, DR 271, U 1125, U 785, U 778, Sö 96.
Unfortunately I also had to scale down photos as bots are wasting my resources. I'm now above the free tier for the outgoing data transfer, so I might have to start paying or they'll shut down the site.
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I've made another update of my runestone website. It is now backed by a data file making it a lot easier to add new pages.
I also added a few new pages, and updated some pages with new photos and texts.
Among the new and changed pages are: Sö 338, GR 1, N A222, DR 271, U 1125, U 785, U 778, Sö 96.
Unfortunately I also had to scale down photos as bots are wasting my resources. I'm now above the free tier for the outgoing data transfer, so I might have to start paying or they'll shut down the site.
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I've made another update of my runestone website. It is now backed by a data file making it a lot easier to add new pages.
I also added a few new pages, and updated some pages with new photos and texts.
Among the new and changed pages are: Sö 338, GR 1, N A222, DR 271, U 1125, U 785, U 778, Sö 96.
Unfortunately I also had to scale down photos as bots are wasting my resources. I'm now above the free tier for the outgoing data transfer, so I might have to start paying or they'll shut down the site.
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I've made another update of my runestone website. It is now backed by a data file making it a lot easier to add new pages.
I also added a few new pages, and updated some pages with new photos and texts.
Among the new and changed pages are: Sö 338, GR 1, N A222, DR 271, U 1125, U 785, U 778, Sö 96.
Unfortunately I also had to scale down photos as bots are wasting my resources. I'm now above the free tier for the outgoing data transfer, so I might have to start paying or they'll shut down the site.
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I've made another update of my runestone website. It is now backed by a data file making it a lot easier to add new pages.
I also added a few new pages, and updated some pages with new photos and texts.
Among the new and changed pages are: Sö 338, GR 1, N A222, DR 271, U 1125, U 785, U 778, Sö 96.
Unfortunately I also had to scale down photos as bots are wasting my resources. I'm now above the free tier for the outgoing data transfer, so I might have to start paying or they'll shut down the site.
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I’ve updated my runestone website and added scanned 3D models to some pages.
One of the stones with a 3D model is the runestone U 1125 which has an inscription in elder futhark and ornamentation of a person holding up their hands. There is also an inscription on one if the back sides that can be viewed by rotating the model on the page.
I’ve also restructured the pages so it will be easier to add new runestones. And I added a Swedish version of the site where I plan to post a few longer descriptions.
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I’ve updated my runestone website and added scanned 3D models to some pages.
One of the stones with a 3D model is the runestone U 1125 which has an inscription in elder futhark and ornamentation of a person holding up their hands. There is also an inscription on one if the back sides that can be viewed by rotating the model on the page.
I’ve also restructured the pages so it will be easier to add new runestones. And I added a Swedish version of the site where I plan to post a few longer descriptions.
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I’ve updated my runestone website and added scanned 3D models to some pages.
One of the stones with a 3D model is the runestone U 1125 which has an inscription in elder futhark and ornamentation of a person holding up their hands. There is also an inscription on one if the back sides that can be viewed by rotating the model on the page.
I’ve also restructured the pages so it will be easier to add new runestones. And I added a Swedish version of the site where I plan to post a few longer descriptions.
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I’ve updated my runestone website and added scanned 3D models to some pages.
One of the stones with a 3D model is the runestone U 1125 which has an inscription in elder futhark and ornamentation of a person holding up their hands. There is also an inscription on one if the back sides that can be viewed by rotating the model on the page.
I’ve also restructured the pages so it will be easier to add new runestones. And I added a Swedish version of the site where I plan to post a few longer descriptions.
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I’ve updated my runestone website and added scanned 3D models to some pages.
One of the stones with a 3D model is the runestone U 1125 which has an inscription in elder futhark and ornamentation of a person holding up their hands. There is also an inscription on one if the back sides that can be viewed by rotating the model on the page.
I’ve also restructured the pages so it will be easier to add new runestones. And I added a Swedish version of the site where I plan to post a few longer descriptions.
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I’m in Uppsala at a full day conference on runestones from Småland. There have been two talks heavy on place names and personal names. The first talk of the afternoon is about the runes “rufRa” on the runestone Sm 93 from Nömme.
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I’m in Uppsala at a full day conference on runestones from Småland. There have been two talks heavy on place names and personal names. The first talk of the afternoon is about the runes “rufRa” on the runestone Sm 93 from Nömme.
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I’m in Uppsala at a full day conference on runestones from Småland. There have been two talks heavy on place names and personal names. The first talk of the afternoon is about the runes “rufRa” on the runestone Sm 93 from Nömme.
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I’m in Uppsala at a full day conference on runestones from Småland. There have been two talks heavy on place names and personal names. The first talk of the afternoon is about the runes “rufRa” on the runestone Sm 93 from Nömme.
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I’m in Uppsala at a full day conference on runestones from Småland. There have been two talks heavy on place names and personal names. The first talk of the afternoon is about the runes “rufRa” on the runestone Sm 93 from Nömme.
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I just sent in a paper on the two runestones DR 271 Tullstorp and N A222 Ervik for the course in viking runes in Norway and Denmark. They are pretty different, one is a big standing stone with beautiful ornamental images, and the other is a small stone that is completely covered with runes.
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I just sent in a paper on the two runestones DR 271 Tullstorp and N A222 Ervik for the course in viking runes in Norway and Denmark. They are pretty different, one is a big standing stone with beautiful ornamental images, and the other is a small stone that is completely covered with runes.
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I just sent in a paper on the two runestones DR 271 Tullstorp and N A222 Ervik for the course in viking runes in Norway and Denmark. They are pretty different, one is a big standing stone with beautiful ornamental images, and the other is a small stone that is completely covered with runes.
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I just sent in a paper on the two runestones DR 271 Tullstorp and N A222 Ervik for the course in viking runes in Norway and Denmark. They are pretty different, one is a big standing stone with beautiful ornamental images, and the other is a small stone that is completely covered with runes.
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I just sent in a paper on the two runestones DR 271 Tullstorp and N A222 Ervik for the course in viking runes in Norway and Denmark. They are pretty different, one is a big standing stone with beautiful ornamental images, and the other is a small stone that is completely covered with runes.
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I’ve started to look at another runestone trip this summer. I definitely want to include Sparlösa, and Karlevi on Öland. I also want to visit some stones in Småland that mention travels to England. While I’m that far south I might as well visit some stones in Blekinge, like Björketorp and Stentofta. I’d like to visit Tulltorp in Scania as well, as I’m supposed to write a paper on it soon. But I think Scania would be a whole trip on its own. If I’m going to Öland, I’d also like to visit Sandby hill fort, and the rest of the runestones that I missed last time. But that would probably also take too much time.
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I’ve started to look at another runestone trip this summer. I definitely want to include Sparlösa, and Karlevi on Öland. I also want to visit some stones in Småland that mention travels to England. While I’m that far south I might as well visit some stones in Blekinge, like Björketorp and Stentofta. I’d like to visit Tulltorp in Scania as well, as I’m supposed to write a paper on it soon. But I think Scania would be a whole trip on its own. If I’m going to Öland, I’d also like to visit Sandby hill fort, and the rest of the runestones that I missed last time. But that would probably also take too much time.
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I’ve started to look at another runestone trip this summer. I definitely want to include Sparlösa, and Karlevi on Öland. I also want to visit some stones in Småland that mention travels to England. While I’m that far south I might as well visit some stones in Blekinge, like Björketorp and Stentofta. I’d like to visit Tulltorp in Scania as well, as I’m supposed to write a paper on it soon. But I think Scania would be a whole trip on its own. If I’m going to Öland, I’d also like to visit Sandby hill fort, and the rest of the runestones that I missed last time. But that would probably also take too much time.
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I’ve started to look at another runestone trip this summer. I definitely want to include Sparlösa, and Karlevi on Öland. I also want to visit some stones in Småland that mention travels to England. While I’m that far south I might as well visit some stones in Blekinge, like Björketorp and Stentofta. I’d like to visit Tulltorp in Scania as well, as I’m supposed to write a paper on it soon. But I think Scania would be a whole trip on its own. If I’m going to Öland, I’d also like to visit Sandby hill fort, and the rest of the runestones that I missed last time. But that would probably also take too much time.
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I’ve started to look at another runestone trip this summer. I definitely want to include Sparlösa, and Karlevi on Öland. I also want to visit some stones in Småland that mention travels to England. While I’m that far south I might as well visit some stones in Blekinge, like Björketorp and Stentofta. I’d like to visit Tulltorp in Scania as well, as I’m supposed to write a paper on it soon. But I think Scania would be a whole trip on its own. If I’m going to Öland, I’d also like to visit Sandby hill fort, and the rest of the runestones that I missed last time. But that would probably also take too much time.
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To promote the video about the runestones of Ingvar the Far-Travelled’s disastrous viking raid, I created the website https://www.varangianbiker.com/
It has pages on each runestone, with pictures and inscription for them. Many have a tracing of the inscription to make it easier to read, and some have a longer description of the runestone. I have longer description of some of the stones that I need to add, so it will get updated at some point.
#viking #history #runestones #youtube #varangian #motorcycle
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To promote the video about the runestones of Ingvar the Far-Travelled’s disastrous viking raid, I created the website https://www.varangianbiker.com/
It has pages on each runestone, with pictures and inscription for them. Many have a tracing of the inscription to make it easier to read, and some have a longer description of the runestone. I have longer description of some of the stones that I need to add, so it will get updated at some point.
#viking #history #runestones #youtube #varangian #motorcycle
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To promote the video about the runestones of Ingvar the Far-Travelled’s disastrous viking raid, I created the website https://www.varangianbiker.com/
It has pages on each runestone, with pictures and inscription for them. Many have a tracing of the inscription to make it easier to read, and some have a longer description of the runestone. I have longer description of some of the stones that I need to add, so it will get updated at some point.
#viking #history #runestones #youtube #varangian #motorcycle
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To promote the video about the runestones of Ingvar the Far-Travelled’s disastrous viking raid, I created the website https://www.varangianbiker.com/
It has pages on each runestone, with pictures and inscription for them. Many have a tracing of the inscription to make it easier to read, and some have a longer description of the runestone. I have longer description of some of the stones that I need to add, so it will get updated at some point.
#viking #history #runestones #youtube #varangian #motorcycle
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To promote the video about the runestones of Ingvar the Far-Travelled’s disastrous viking raid, I created the website https://www.varangianbiker.com/
It has pages on each runestone, with pictures and inscription for them. Many have a tracing of the inscription to make it easier to read, and some have a longer description of the runestone. I have longer description of some of the stones that I need to add, so it will get updated at some point.
#viking #history #runestones #youtube #varangian #motorcycle
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A couple of years ago I started visiting runestones on my motorcycle. The first 30 runestones I rode to were all about the viking expedition led by Ingvar the Far Travelled in the year 1041. It’s the event with most runestones raised after it, and there’s also an Icelandic viking saga written about it. The expedition went to the east on rivers down to the Black sea, and it ended disastrously, and most didn’t make it back alive.
I made a video with photos and videos of the runestones I visited.
I have since visited over a hundred more runestones, and I’m planning on creating more videos about them someday.
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A couple of years ago I started visiting runestones on my motorcycle. The first 30 runestones I rode to were all about the viking expedition led by Ingvar the Far Travelled in the year 1041. It’s the event with most runestones raised after it, and there’s also an Icelandic viking saga written about it. The expedition went to the east on rivers down to the Black sea, and it ended disastrously, and most didn’t make it back alive.
I made a video with photos and videos of the runestones I visited.
I have since visited over a hundred more runestones, and I’m planning on creating more videos about them someday.
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A couple of years ago I started visiting runestones on my motorcycle. The first 30 runestones I rode to were all about the viking expedition led by Ingvar the Far Travelled in the year 1041. It’s the event with most runestones raised after it, and there’s also an Icelandic viking saga written about it. The expedition went to the east on rivers down to the Black sea, and it ended disastrously, and most didn’t make it back alive.
I made a video with photos and videos of the runestones I visited.
I have since visited over a hundred more runestones, and I’m planning on creating more videos about them someday.
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A couple of years ago I started visiting runestones on my motorcycle. The first 30 runestones I rode to were all about the viking expedition led by Ingvar the Far Travelled in the year 1041. It’s the event with most runestones raised after it, and there’s also an Icelandic viking saga written about it. The expedition went to the east on rivers down to the Black sea, and it ended disastrously, and most didn’t make it back alive.
I made a video with photos and videos of the runestones I visited.
I have since visited over a hundred more runestones, and I’m planning on creating more videos about them someday.
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A couple of years ago I started visiting runestones on my motorcycle. The first 30 runestones I rode to were all about the viking expedition led by Ingvar the Far Travelled in the year 1041. It’s the event with most runestones raised after it, and there’s also an Icelandic viking saga written about it. The expedition went to the east on rivers down to the Black sea, and it ended disastrously, and most didn’t make it back alive.
I made a video with photos and videos of the runestones I visited.
I have since visited over a hundred more runestones, and I’m planning on creating more videos about them someday.
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Elder futhark rune stones for 3D printing
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Elder futhark rune stones for 3D printing
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Elder futhark rune stones for 3D printing
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Elder futhark rune stones for 3D printing
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Someone has made an online map to track all the runestones you have visited. It’s new, so it has some minor issues, but it seems pretty neat.
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Someone has made an online map to track all the runestones you have visited. It’s new, so it has some minor issues, but it seems pretty neat.
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Someone has made an online map to track all the runestones you have visited. It’s new, so it has some minor issues, but it seems pretty neat.
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Someone has made an online map to track all the runestones you have visited. It’s new, so it has some minor issues, but it seems pretty neat.
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Someone has made an online map to track all the runestones you have visited. It’s new, so it has some minor issues, but it seems pretty neat.
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Waiting for a seminar on the world’s oldest runestone.