Learn about the Svingerud Stone, a runestone found in a Norwegian grave site that currently stands as the earliest written ...

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Archaeologists have made pre-Viking Norse language discovery atgrave site containing pieces of stone inscribed with Germanic ...

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Archaeologists have pieced together the earliest stone fragments containing inscriptions of Germanic letters, revealing what the Norse language was like before the Viking era. Researchers from the ...

During Super Bowl week, Minnesota Vikings superstar Justin Jefferson vouched for Sam Darnold to be brought back before returning to reality — that J.J. McCarthy is going to get his shot.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy admitted during Super Bowl week that he wants "a fair opportunity" to compete for the starting job, coming off the complete meniscus repair that ...