Kensington Runestone

	Country	USA
	Region	Minnesota
	City	Originally Kensington , currently located at Alexandria, Minnesota
	Produced	contested
	Artist	contested
	Text Native	Old Swedish : 8 göter ok 22 norrmen paa opthagelse farth fro winlanth of west Wi hathe läger weth 2 skylar en thags norder fro theno sten wi war ok fiske en thag äptir wi kom hem fan X man rothe af bloth og ded AVM frälse af illum
	Text English	8 Geats (South Swedes) and 22 Norwegians on acquisition venture from Vinland far to the west We had traps by 2 shelters one day's travel to the north from this stone We were fishing one day After we came home found 10 men red with blood and dead AVM (Ave Maria) Deliver from evils!

	CATEGORIES ABOUT KENSINGTON RUNESTONE

	archaeological forgery

	minnesota culture

	pre-columbian trans-oceanic contact

	runestones in north america

	viking exploration of north america

	out-of-place artifacts

	pseudoarchaeology

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