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Runic writing in Medieval Bergen
History, Archaeology Dr Mindy MacLeod History, Archaeology Dr Mindy MacLeod

Runic writing in Medieval Bergen

As it turns out, it’s not too difficult to set yourself up as an expert in runic inscriptions, particularly if you’re concentrating on the raised runestones of the Viking Age. Nearly all of the thousands of Viking-Age memorial stones erected all over Sweden, and to a lesser extent Denmark and Norway

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