In 1893, British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones ... In 1999, their writing system was revealed when road builders unearthed an inscribed stone tablet.

This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from granite ... clothing and everyday life. The ancient Egyptians also used papyrus and writing boards to keep records of thing like laws.

Evidence of runic writing exists from the Roman Iron Age ... Archaeologists unearthed a large, carved stone in an ancient cremation pit in 2021 at the Svingerud dig site in eastern Norway ...

Now, scientists in Norway are working to reassemble the ancient puzzle ... concrete evidence regarding the early use of runic writing on stone and the age of the earliest rune-stones,” said ...

non-writing markings because such early alphabets were constantly changing. Researchers suspect the ancient rune stone originally had a “commemorative and dedicatory intent” but was later ...