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Runestone Museum - http://www.runestonemuseum.org
Offers exhibits which demonstrate early pioneer life of the 1870s. Gift shop, membership information and special events. Alexandria. |
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The Story of the Kensington Runestone - http://kensingtonmn.com/runestonepg.html
William P. Holmen briefly outlines the history of the controversial stone, and mentions the theory that the Norse explorers may have intermarried with the Mandan Indians. |
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The Kensington Runestone - http://www.econ.ohio-state.edu/jhm/arch/kens/kens.htm
Avocational archaeologist and epigrapher J. Huston McCulloch attacks the theory that the engraver of the Kensington stone clumsily invented a rune to represent the late Latin letter j. |
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Kensington Runesmith - http://www.sjolander.com/viking/rune/futhark/default.htm
Peter Sjolander offers a working translation and an earlier attempt, both of which are very different from the usual translations. Includes rune graphics. |
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Vinland Center Rune Stone - http://www.sjolander.com/viking/essays/runeston.htm
A translation of the Kensington Rune Stone by Peter Sjolander. Contends that the stone marks the exact center of the northern hemisphere and longitudinal center of North America, and that therefore Redminland was all of North America. |
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Geologist thinks Kensington Runestone not a hoax - http://www.neara.org/ROS/KRS.html
Scott Wolter is convinced that the controversial runestone could not have been carved in 1898. Article by Peg Meier. [Star Tribune] |
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Is the Kensington Stone the Genuine Article? - http://home.att.net/~phaistosdisk/ken.html
Keith and Kevin Massey consider the inscription "AVM". |
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Kensington Rune Stone Collection - http://www.und.edu/dept/library/Collections/og1040.html
Finding aid for a special collection at the University of North Dakota's Chester Fritz Library. Short description of the subject of the collection, inventory of the original donation and an addition. |
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The Kensington Runestone - http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/199811/24_lehmanng_runestone-m/index.shtml
RealAudio and transcript of MPR feature story. [Minnesota Public Radio] |
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Runestone debate shifts to Sweden - http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2003/07/17_cunninghamg_runestone/
Interview of geologist Scott Wolter, who will be taking the Kensington Runestone to a scientific conference in Sweden. 4.5 minutes, RealAudio. [Minnesota Public Radio] |
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Vikings in the Midwest - http://larryjzimmerman.com/lost/vikingbrf.html
Written as an assignment in a college anthropology course. By Vincent J. Meckstroth. Tries to be objective, but says that proponents of the stone's authenticity merely seem to be educated and scholarly, whereas dismissing the stone immediately as a hoax is "good archeology." |
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Debunking the Kensington Stone Mystery - http://larryjzimmerman.com/lost/projects97/ken1.htm
Written for an assignment in a college anthropology course. By Timothy Mills, who believes that the word "opdagelse" is the fatal flaw. |
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Runestone Hill Area Map - http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapsurfer?infact=2&outfact=2&act=move&on=CITIES&on=majroads&on=miscell&on=places&on=interstate&on=statehwy&on=ushwy&tlevel=-&tvar=-&tmeth=i&mlat=45.8112793&mlon=-95.6609497&msym=redpin&mlabel=Runestone+Hill&murl=&lat=45.8298073&lon=-95.5174026&wid=0.282&ht=0.282&conf=mapnew.con
Shows where Runestone Hill is in relation to Kensington and Alexandria. |
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Tests suggest Kensington Runestone is authentic - http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/121100/new_1211000032.shtml
Report on scholarly findings presented at the Midwest Archaeology Conference held in November 2000. [Associated Press] |
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The Kensington Rune Stone - http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/lhbum:@field(DOCID+@lit(lhbum0866hdiv26))
Full text of the preliminary report to the Minnesota Historical Society by its Museum Committee, presented May 9, 1910. In HTML or page images, your choice. [Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society] |