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  2. Kensington Runestone - Wikipedia

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    The Kensington Runestone is a slab of greywacke stone covered in runes that was discovered in Western Minnesota, United States, in 1898. Olof Ohman, a Swedish immigrant , reported that he unearthed it from a field in the largely rural township of Solem in Douglas County .

  3. AVM Runestone - Wikipedia

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    In the spring of 2001, stone carving expert Janey Westin, of Minneapolis, and her father, Robert G. Johnson, an adjunct professor in the geology department of the University of Minnesota, were making a systematic survey of stones in the vicinity of the Kensington Runestone Park, for the research team set up for further understanding of the Kensington Runestone.

  4. Runestone Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Runestone Museum is a historical museum located in Alexandria, Minnesota, United States. Established in 1958, the museum is renowned for housing the Kensington Runestone , a controversial artifact considered by some to be evidence of pre-Columbian Viking exploration of North America .

  5. Stone Age megastructure found submerged in the Baltic Sea ...

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    A megastructure found in the Baltic Sea may represent one of the oldest known hunting structures used in the Stone Age — and could change what’s known about how hunter-gatherers lived around ...

  6. Beardmore Relics - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian author Farley Mowat, in his Westviking (first published in 1965), speculated that the Beardmore relics, and the Kensington Runestone, were proof of Norse occupation in the region of Ontario and parts of Minnesota. [5] The Kensington Runestone is said to have been found near Kensington, Minnesota, United States by a Swedish American ...

  7. Stone from ancient site found hidden in cathedral - AOL

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    Stones from a ruined medieval site have been found in the nearby walls of a city cathedral. A few of the original decorative stones from Old Sarum - now a heritage site on the edge of Salisbury ...

  8. List of runestones - Wikipedia

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    Einang stone (4th century) Tune Runestone (250–400 AD) Kylver Stone (5th century) Möjbro Runestone (5th or early 6th century) Järsberg Runestone (transitional, 6th century) Björketorp Runestone (transitional, 7th century) Stentoften (transitional, 7th century) Eggjum stone (8th century) Rök runestone (transitional, ca. 800 AD) Hogganvik ...

  9. Archaeologists Found a Mysterious Ancient Stone That Could ...

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    A stone slab covered with 123 hieroglyphic cartouches discovered at an ancient Maya pyramid in Mexico might not be a treasure map to a lost city, but it comes incredibly close.. The discovery ...