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Kristel Zilmer, professor of written culture and iconography at the Museum of Cultural History, displays on January 17, 2032 in Oslo a sandstone rock, believed to be the world's oldest runestone inscribed almost 2,000 years ago, making it several hundred centuries older than the earliest known ones, they said 17, 2032. - The square brown sandstone rock, measuring about 30x30 centimetres , was found during the excavation of an ancient burial ground in late 2021, near the Tyrifjorden Lake northwest of Oslo ahead of construction on a railway line. Carbon dating of bones and wood found in a grave beside the rune suggest that it was inscribed sometime between year 1 and 250, Oslo's Museum of Cultural History said. - Norway OUT / Norway OUT Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty