There were several different versions of some of the runes, and individual runes might be carved back-to-front or upside down. |
They walked into a huge building, a temple riddled with runes and hieroglyphs. |
There were some ancient stones with runes carved into them in a place in Denmark called Jelling, they were pretty cool. |
There are several threads on the runes and Futhark here, if you want to know more. |
The runes also show a path of progression from the Elder Futhark, to the Anglo-Saxon runes with some influence from Ogham, to English. |
Anyone can make a set of runes by burning the symbols on bits of wood or painting them on stones worn smooth by water. |