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 ...

Rongorongo is written in alternating directions; you read a line from left to right, then turn the tablet 180 degrees and read the next line. This ancient writing system was used more than 5000 ...

For decades, archeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), known as Rongorongo, was ...