Graham Hancock

But they have a script, the Easter Island script, and it's written on wooden boards. And we learned that these were the boards we see today, none of which, by the way, are in Easter Island now. They're all in museums around the world. They themselves were copies of copies of copies of earlier wooden boards that wore out.

And these things go back far into the remote past as far as the indigenous people of Easter Island are concerned. And to have a fully formed elaborate script, which nobody can interpret today, you have to remember the tragic history of Easter Island. There was a point where Easter Island's population was reduced to just 11 people. And it was reduced to 11 people by Peruvian slave raids.

And these things go back far into the remote past as far as the indigenous people of Easter Island are concerned. And to have a fully formed elaborate script, which nobody can interpret today, you have to remember the tragic history of Easter Island. There was a point where Easter Island's population was reduced to just 11 people. And it was reduced to 11 people by Peruvian slave raids.

And these things go back far into the remote past as far as the indigenous people of Easter Island are concerned. And to have a fully formed elaborate script, which nobody can interpret today, you have to remember the tragic history of Easter Island. There was a point where Easter Island's population was reduced to just 11 people. And it was reduced to 11 people by Peruvian slave raids.

They came and slaved the people of Easter Island, and they took them to work in Peru and put them elsewhere in the Pacific. Eventually, there was a movement to restore them to their homeland, and gradually people came back. But at one point, its population was reduced to 11. All the elders were wiped out, those who were the memory carriers.

They came and slaved the people of Easter Island, and they took them to work in Peru and put them elsewhere in the Pacific. Eventually, there was a movement to restore them to their homeland, and gradually people came back. But at one point, its population was reduced to 11. All the elders were wiped out, those who were the memory carriers.

They came and slaved the people of Easter Island, and they took them to work in Peru and put them elsewhere in the Pacific. Eventually, there was a movement to restore them to their homeland, and gradually people came back. But at one point, its population was reduced to 11. All the elders were wiped out, those who were the memory carriers.

And so what's left now is just a hint of a memory of these things. But they speak with awe of these tablets with the script on it. And to me, that is a sign, again, that there's something wrong with our understanding of Easter Island. How can we explain that this tiny little place produces its own written language?

And so what's left now is just a hint of a memory of these things. But they speak with awe of these tablets with the script on it. And to me, that is a sign, again, that there's something wrong with our understanding of Easter Island. How can we explain that this tiny little place produces its own written language?

And so what's left now is just a hint of a memory of these things. But they speak with awe of these tablets with the script on it. And to me, that is a sign, again, that there's something wrong with our understanding of Easter Island. How can we explain that this tiny little place produces its own written language?

Why would it even need a written language when you can walk across the island in three hours? It wouldn't need to communicate in that way, and yet it had its own script.

Why would it even need a written language when you can walk across the island in three hours? It wouldn't need to communicate in that way, and yet it had its own script.

Why would it even need a written language when you can walk across the island in three hours? It wouldn't need to communicate in that way, and yet it had its own script.

If you look up the word rongo rongo, R-O-N-G-O, rongo rongo tablets.

If you look up the word rongo rongo, R-O-N-G-O, rongo rongo tablets.

If you look up the word rongo rongo, R-O-N-G-O, rongo rongo tablets.

There they are.

There they are.

There they are.

It bears some curious similarities to the Indus Valley script, which has also not been deciphered. And let's hope AI can decipher both of them.