The latter was deciphered in the early 1950s (it turned ... and by the end of the 19th century they were nearly all gone. Rongorongo is written in alternating directions; you read a line from ...

While the Rapa Nui are best known for their Moai, monolithic stone statues of deified human ancestors, a lesser known marvel of theirs is Rongorongo, a unique writing system that new research ...