Strange Ancient Inscriptions and Language Found in United States

Over the past 200 years numerous ancient inscriptions have been found in the USA that seem to point to Europeans discovering and travelling to America hundreds if not thousands of years before Columbus.  Below are some of the most controversial and bizarre discoveries made.  

Kensington Rune Stone

Discovered in 1898 by Olof Ohman near Kensington, Minnesota underneath a large tree that was being uprooted.  The large stone is a 200 pound piece of greywacke that is covered with ancient Scandinavian runes on its face and side.  The stone is hugely controversial with most seeing it as a fake but recent research into the stone is actually showing it to be ancient in origin with the inscription.  There have also been other ancient findings in the area including three boulders with triangular holes which are exactly the same as used by Viking ships in Norway during the 14th century.  The translation of the runes reads as follows:

“Eight Götalanders and 22 Northmen on (this?) acquisition journey from Vinland far to the west. We had a camp by two (shelters?) one day’s journey north from this stone. We were fishing one day. After we came home, found 10 men red from blood and dead. Ave Maria save from evil. There are 10 men by the inland sea to look after our ships fourteen days journey from this peninsula (or island). Year 1362”.

Grave Creek Stone

Discovered in Moundsville, West Virgina in 1838 by Abelard Tomlinson, the object is a small sandstone disc with 25 characters on it.  The inscription contains numerous different characters from various ancient languages and its whereabouts is currently unknown.  The Smithsonian Institute does currently have 4 casts of the original disc with the complete inscription on them but there has never been a satisfactory translation of the characters yet. 

Judaculla Stone

This is a large sandstone boulder located near Sylva, North Carolina that has strange markings and symbols carved into it.  The markings resemble stick figures, curling circles and thousands of pockmarks.  Modern archaeologists estimate the rock was carved anywhere from 2-3,000 years ago by Native Americans but local Cherokee legends say the carvings are from the mythical Indian figure Judaculla who ruled the Basalm Mountains.  This figure had magical weapons and objects and was said to have carved the stone in one night.  Could this be a reference to an advanced culture that some believe lived in the area?

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