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The Rok Runestone

The Rok Runestone

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Credit: BJORN SVENSSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: The Rok Runestone. This inscripteed stone was discovered in the wall of a church in the 19th Century AD and is considered to be the first writings in Swedish literature. Photographed in Ostergotland, Sweden.

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