Easter Island

Polynesian island and special territory of Chile

thumb|330px|Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s

Eastern Polynesian language spoken on the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island

Rongorongo ( or ; Rapa Nui: ) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island that has the appearance of writing or proto-writing. Numerous attempts at decipherment have been made, but none have been successful. Although some calendrical and what might prove to be genealogical information has been identified, none of the glyphs can actually be read. If rongorongo does prove to be writing and to be an independent invention, it would be one of very few inventions of writing in human history.

hypothetical lost continent, existence proposed by Augustus Le Plongeon

Chilean national park, in Easter Island

native Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island, Chile

deity in Rapa Nui mythology

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province of Chile

British archaeologist (1866–1935)

the winner of a traditional competition of Easter Island

"supreme chief" of Easter Island

thumb|400px|An old rei miro, with human faces on each end. This is the inner side, which was once filled with chalk. A reimiro is a crescent-shaped pectoral ornament once worn by the people of Easter Island. The name comes from the Rapanui ('stern' or 'prow') and ('boat'). Thus the crescent represents a Polynesian canoe.

mythology of culture on Easter Island

association football club

commune of Chile

Soviet historian (1931–2010)

British ethnographer, anthropologist and adventurer (1859–1939)

type of small wooden figures from Easter Island

spiritual beings in Easter Island culture

volcanic hospot in Pacific Ocean

mythical people

lunisolar calendar of Easter Island