In Denmark, archaeologists discovered runes engraved on a blade almost 2,000 years old. These are the oldest such inscriptions found to date in the country. The blade was found under an urn in an Iron Age burial near the city of Odense on the island of Funen in 2021. Before this, the oldest inscription was considered to be on a comb found in 1865 on the island of Funen. It dates from around the same...