1. THE LOST SCRIPT.
- Author
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Lee, Alexander
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RAPA Nui (Easter Island people) , *HIEROGLYPHICS , *LANGUAGE & languages , *PRIESTS , *RONGORONGO script - Abstract
The article discusses attempts to decipher the lost script once used by the Rapa Nui of Easter Island. It mentions a wooden tablet from Easter Island, which is a fragment of a wooden oar, less than a metre in length, covered in strange hieroglyphs. It reveals that according to oral tradition, knowledge of rongorongo was restricted to a class of priests known as tangata rongorongo.
- Published
- 2023