Posted on 01/21/2023 6:46:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv
In the autumn of 2021, archaeologists of the Museum of Cultural History investigated a grave field by Tyrifjorden in Ringerike. In one of the graves, they discovered a stone with several runic inscriptions. Burnt bones and charcoal from the grave reveal that the runes were inscribed between the years 1 and 250 AD. This makes it the earliest known rune stone...
Sometime between 1,800 and 2,000 years ago, someone stood near Tyrifjorden and carved runes into the 31x32 cm block of reddish-brown Ringerike sandstone. They spoke an early form of the ancient Nordic language that is the ancestor language of modern Nordic languages spoken in Scandinavia today...
Is the name inscribed on the stone that of the person who is buried there? On the front face of the stone, eight runes stand out clearly among other inscriptions. Converted into Latin letters they spell: idiberug. Is the stone made "for Idibera"? Or was the intention to write the name 'Idibergu' or the kin name 'Idiberung'?
(Excerpt) Read more at historiskmuseum.no ...
These runes were inscribed between the years 1 and 250 AD and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing.Photo: Alexis Pantos/KHM, UiO
The rest of the "runes" keyword, sorted:
who want’s a rune stone that makes you older.
I want one that makes me in my 20’s.
> In one of the graves, they discovered a stone with several runic inscriptions. <
Hmm. Violating a grave is considered to be a terrible crime. But I guess you can poke around all you want if enough years have passed.
That's what Scientific American will report.
It’s an advertisement for something, I’m sure of it.
Freakin’ autocorrect.
Your car warranty is about to expire?
:)
Camels for rent. One hump or two.
Even where historical or scientific curiosity is involved. There are some old graves, like Shakespeare's and the "boys in the tower" which have remained inviolate, despite interest in them by modern historians. However, these graves were not even recognized as graves, they were dug up by farmers. In a way, the archeologists are restoring ancient graves.
“A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!”
> However, these graves were not even recognized as graves... <
Ah, good point.
They’ve been woke for what? 30+ years now?
The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, chrono sort:
Oh, that trope again.
LOL
Bowling scores.
If they only knew...
Ovaltine.
And were enslaved by evil Republicans, led, of course, by Donald Trump. Either that, or it will be somehow due to Global Warming.
That's what Scientific American will report.
Quibble — The so-called boys in the tower were forensically examined in 1933. Much more recent scrutiny of the information gathered at that time shows that they probably aren’t the remains of the princes, not least because they are likely to be at least a few hundred years older. :^)
Richard III’s mtDNA has been sequenced (that’s what led to the ID of the remains of that king), and there has been growing interest in obtaining mtDNA samples from the alleged remains of the princes. Probably won’t happen, not least because it could (I’d say would) mictorate in the punchbowl.
If they do check them, I’ve got a request for a couple of additional royals’ DNA.
By and large, even the royal sarcos have been opened, and not just in Britain.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/death-and-memory/anglo-saxon-ship-burial-sutton-hoo
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/the-opening-of-the-tomb-of-king-edward-i-in-westminster-abbey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjFzHXj_U3k
https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2015/01/opening-the-coffin-of-king-charles-i.html
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