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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 60. Chapters: Rongorongo, History of Easter Island, Mu, Moai, Rapa Nui language, Isla Salas y G mez, William Scoresby Routledge, Hotu Matu a, Relocation of moai objects, Kings of Easter Island, Rapa Nui calendar, Katherine Routledge, King Nga'ara, Hoa Hakananai'a, Rano Kau, Hanga Roa, Jean-Baptiste Dutrou-Bornier, Mataveri International Airport, William Mulloy Library, Rapa Nui National Park, Ahu Akivi, Tangata manu, Aku-Aku, Motu Nui, Williamson-Balfour Company, Easter Island Foundation, Anakena, Hanau epe, Ahu Tongariki, Makemake, Paschalococos, Rapanui, Ahu Vinapu, Reimiro, Pukao, Ahu Tahai, Music of Easter Island, Moai kavakava, Puna Pau, Panulirus pascuensis, Rapa Nui mythology, Matato'a, Motu Iti, Pascua caudilinea, Felipe Gonz lez de Ahedo, Father Sebastian Englert Anthropological Museum, Flag of Easter Island, CEIPP, Easter Plate, Estadio de Hanga Roa. Excerpt: Rongorongo (; Rapa Nui: ) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island that appears to be writing or proto-writing. It cannot be read despite numerous attempts at decipherment. Although some calendrical and what might prove to be genealogical information has been identified, not even these glyphs can actually be read. If rongorongo does prove to be writing, it could be one of as few as three or four independent inventions of writing in human history. Two dozen wooden objects bearing rongorongo inscriptions, some heavily weathered, burned, or otherwise damaged, were collected in the late 19th century and are now scattered in museums and private collections. None remain on Easter Island. The objects are mostly tablets shaped from irregular pieces of wood, sometimes driftwood, but include a chieftain's staff, a bird-man statuette, and two reimiro ornaments. There are also a few petroglyphs which may include short rongorongo inscriptions. Oral...
