3D technology reveals the mysterious Rongorongo language of Easter Island | HeritageDaily

Researchers have created a three-dimensional model of a tablet covered in the mysterious Rongorongo handwriting from Easter Island, revealing lost symbols that are invisible to the naked eye.

Rongorongo is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century, that appears to be a type of writing or proto writing. Attempts at decipherment over the years have been unsuccessful, although some calendrical, and the suggestion of genealogical information has been identified.

Researchers studied a tablet from the Berlin Ethnographic Museum, where they conducted a botanical analysis, radiocarbon…