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- noun An early
glyphic writing system ofEaster Island , written inreverse boustrophedon and as yetundeciphered .
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Examples
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The unique "rongorongo" hieroglyphics were only understood by the island's chiefs.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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This road is referred to in a rongorongo tablet known as Apai, which was recited independently by two islanders.
The Eight Wonder of the World – Easter Island | Impact Lab 2007
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To draw the giant spider, the artist used a single line which turns and weaves but never crosses itself; in other words, it was drawn so that no one could discover where the line began or ended – just like the web of roads referred to in the rongorongo text.
The Eight Wonder of the World – Easter Island | Impact Lab 2007
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The most obvious one is the rongorongo script of Easter Island.
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But scholars haven't made much progress in finding the patterns of Rapa Nui in the patterns of rongorongo.
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I thought until my mid-20's that this was because the sun beamed it into us from 93 million miles away. rongorongo: That the image I see of myself in the mirror is half life size.
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What did some yellow teeth have to do with Batman? rongorongo: That the image I see of myself in the mirror is half life size.
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