The distant volcanic island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is filled with unanswered questions – but few are more mysterious than its unique writing system that's never been ...

A wooden tablet inscribed with the undeciphered rongorongo script from Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) dates to the 15th century, long before Europeans arrived. This early date suggests ...

The Easter Island Rongorongo Tablets. The tablets of Rongorongo, which have yet to be deciphered, have attracted scholarly interest since the arrival of Europeans in Rapa Nui because of its seemingly ...

A new study on Rongorongo, an indecipherable script found on artifacts on Easter Island, finds it could have been independently created.

To investigate further, the study authors radiocarbon dated four more Rongorongo scripts that were removed from the island by missionaries in 1869 and are now housed in Rome, Italy.

For decades, archeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), known as Rongorongo, was invented independently or influenced by Europeans.

Today, the rongorongo script survives on less than 30 objects. INSCRIBE ERC Project / Silvia Ferrara. New research has revealed that a wooden tablet from Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island ...

A wooden tablet from Easter Island inscribed with the mysterious script Rongorongo. Photo: courtesy @INSCRIBE. Artnet News February 20, 2024 Share Share This Article ...

It originated as a joke among members of the experimental psych band Rongorongo. The band name references an ancient writing system discovered centuries ago on Easter Island; ...