Hi Everyone
 
I am posting this because if you have an interest in the Kensington Runestone
and runic in general then you should know this. I hope you enjoy it.
 
Mark Johnson
 
The world was first informed of the Kensington Runestone In 1898. It is a Viking
artifact that was found near the town of Kensington Minnesota which has given it
it¢s name. Their has been much speculation about whether the stone is genuine or
fake. The controversy continues up to this day.
 
My initial approach to studying this inscription was through the Runic alphabet
known as Futhark. The theory I proposed was to put the use of the alphabet into
the proper time context since over time the Runic alphabet ¡Futhark¢ had
experienced modification going from an ideogram expression to an alphabetical
construction as it was influenced by the European societies the Norsemen came
into contact with.
 
In 1362, the date given by the carvers of the stone, Runic had already
experienced the transition into alphabet form. However it was still used by the
carvers in the original ideogram format with an over lay of the alphabet
incarnation. The result being that there are 2 stories in this inscription. One
read from left to right and crudely decipherable in Norwegian alphabet form and
the other read from right to left and articulately decipherable in the ancient
ideogram format.




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