
Artifact · Authenticated · Ica
Rongorongo text I (Santiago Staff)
The Santiago Staff carries about 2,320 rongorongo glyphs, and no one can read a line of them.
If one tablet predates European contact, does that settle whether rongorongo was invented on Rapa Nui, or could it have been carved later on old wood?
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