A silver armband discovered in a surprisingly large hoard buried in Scotland reveal more about ancient this ancient era.

NEIL OLIVER:These dark lines, etched into the marble, are Viking runes ancient Viking writing ... This clip is suitable for teaching History at KS2 and KS3 in England, Second Level (Scotland ...

In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood and metal, all written in the enigmatic symbols known as runes. They relied on these symbols not only for writing but ...

This was useful for helping to decide who could inherit land and wealth. Image caption, Viking runes were scratched on to the walls at the Maeshowe neolithic burial chamber on Orkney by Vikings ...