In a forest of Ontario, Canadaa historian of the municipality of Wawa discovered in 2018 a carved stone that has been identified as The longest ever found and the only one with a complete sentencein this case of the Our Father.
The average stone approximately 1.2 x 1.5 meters, being able to read in it about 255 rectangular runes, in addition to an engraving of a boat with 16 figures and fourteen 'x' carved. Those responsible for studying this were Ryan Primrose and David Gadzalaof the Archaeological Education Center of Ontario (OCARE).
Ryan Primrose
“It is undoubtedly one of the least expected discoveries of my career. It is absolutely fascinating. We did not want to publish anything until all possible analyzes had carried out, “were the first words of Primrose.
Runes belonging to the Sweden area of the 16th century
It was Nordic runes of the Futhark alphabet, The oldest used by Scandinavian peoplesbut without being related to the Vikings. Henrik Williams, Specialist in Runes and Professor Emeritus at the University of Uppsala, in Sweden, explained: “Any ruptic inscription is rare. Someone dedicated a lot of effort to this particular text and one wonders why. The mystery does not decrease only because of its age “he said.
Ryan Primrose
But how has a carved stone in Sweden arrived in Ontario? “This must have been Swedish was any Swedish here?”they wondered, then give an explanation. According to Primrose, The Hudson Bay Company used workers in the 19th century that could have moved the engraving to the place.
“The mystery does not disappear just because it is more recent than we expected. Why was it carved here? Why this text? There are no answers, ”he said about the runes that are still studying, without knowing what his past really was.
