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Maeshowe on Orkney is a tomb built around 2800 BCE. In the 12th century Norsemen broke in and carved some 30 runic inscriptions on its walls.
The runes of Maeshowe
Maeshowe on Orkney is a chambered tomb built around 2800 BCE. In the 12th century Norsemen broke into it and carved some 30 runic inscriptions on its walls, one of the largest groups of runes anywhere in Europe. Much of it is graffiti, as old as it is familiar: boasts of treasure, names, and "Ingigerth is the most beautiful of all women."
Read the Hagia Sophia runes, other Viking graffiti.
Questions
Who carved the runes in Maeshowe?
Norsemen of the 12th century.
How old is Maeshowe?
It was built around 2800 BCE.