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 ...

A mysterious form of writing from Easter Island might have been developed independently centuries before the arrival of Europeans.

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