Rongorongo - Wikipedia
Rongorongo (/ ˈrɒŋɡoʊˈrɒŋɡoʊ / [1] or / ˈrɒŋoʊˈrɒŋoʊ /; [2] Rapa Nui: roŋoroŋo [ˈɾoŋoˈɾoŋo]) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island that has the appearance of writing or proto-writing. Numerous attempts at decipherment have been made, but none have been successful.
Decipherment of rongorongo - Wikipedia
There have been numerous attempts to decipher the rongorongo script of Easter Island since its discovery in the late nineteenth century. As with most undeciphered scripts, many of the proposals have been fanciful.
Did the People of Easter Island Invent a Writing System From …
Feb 15, 2024 · The rongorongo script is shrouded in mystery. Only some two dozen artifacts featuring it survive today, and they’re held by institutions all over the world (including the Smithsonian’s National...
Rongorongo script - Omniglot
Rongorongo is a form of writing or proto-writing discovered on Easter Island in the Pacific during the 19th century. It was first mentioned in a 1866 report by Eugène Eyraud, who landed on the island in 1864.
Rongorongo, the Easter Island Language, May Be Unique and …
Feb 15, 2024 · This radiocarbon dating analysis of the wood suggests Rongorongo is an ancient language completely indigenous to Rapa Nui and perhaps even that it was intentionally kept secret from...
The Lost Language of Easter Island - Atlas Obscura
Mar 24, 2021 · This is rongorongo, the only indigenous writing system to develop in Oceania before the 20th century and, according to James Grant-Peterkin, author of A Companion to Easter Island, one of “the...
The Mysterious Writings of Rongorongo: Unraveling the Enigma …
Aug 24, 2023 · Tucked away on the remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, lies one of the world's most perplexing puzzles. Carved into wooden tablets and inscribed with an indecipherable script, the mysterious writings of …
Rongorongo: The Indecipherable Script Of Easter Island
Aug 27, 2024 · Rongorongo is the modern name given to these inscriptions, which in the Rapa Nui language means to recite, declaim or sing. Its original name or description according to oral tradition was kohau motu mo rongorongo (lines to sing).
Rongorongo The Easter Island Script: History, Traditions, Texts
Dec 11, 1997 · Rongorongo, Easter Island's enigmatic script and Oceania's only known pre-twentieth-century writing system, is here comprehensively documented for the first time. The author tells the full history of rongorongo's exciting discovery and the many attempts at a …
The invention of writing on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). New …
Feb 2, 2024 · Here we radiocarbon-dated four Rongorongo tablets preserved in Rome, Italy. One specimen yielded a unique and secure mid-fifteenth c. date, while the others fall within the nineteenth c. AD.