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To celebrate Vikings Live, we have replaced our Roman alphabet with the runic alphabet used by the Vikings, the Scandinavian ‘Younger Futhark’. The ‘Younger Futhark’ has only 16 letters, so we have used some of the runic letters more than once or combined two runes for one Roman letter.

For an excellent introduction to runes, we recommend Martin Findell’s book published by British Museum Press.

More information about how we have ‘runified’ this site

The British Museum

School workshop
Excavation in Egypt

Thursday 12 September,
10.30–11.30 & 12.30–13.30
Sackler Rooms
Tickets £50

Phone +44 (0)20 7323 8181
Ticket Desk in Great Court

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For Key Stage 2 students

Your students will first find out how archaeologists work, next they work like archaeologists themselves.

They use these tecnhiques to investigate a range of objects that might be found in an ancient Egyptian tomb.

Cancellation and no-show charges apply.See full terms and conditions

Maximum group size: 30

Age: Key Stage 2

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Being archaeologists in an 'Excavation in Egypt' session. © Benedict Johnson