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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Strange carvings at Norwegian grave site reveal what language was like before Vikings

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 University of Oslo found that the ancient fragments fit together “like a jigsaw puzzle” suggesting that the writing may have been “separated intentionally”.

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