“Tracing his finger across runes partially obscured by gray and brown moss, he reads out the inscription in Old Norse, which to the untrained ear sounds a lot like a mystical spell from a J.R.R. Tolkien novel.”
The runes weren’t just scratches on a rock or wood. They were fairly complex, although probably not nearly complex as the Mayan alphabet.
Experts say the runestones partly represent a Viking ego trip. Think Donald Trump and Mount Rushmore.
