The Negau Helmet: Maybe Proto-Runes, Maybe Not
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 Published On Apr 6, 2022

One of the Negau helmets found near Benedikt, Slovenia contains probably the oldest written evidence of a Germanic language, and maybe the earliest version of the alphabet that became the runes (although maybe it also has nothing to do with runes).

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