Ancient Mystery · 1200 AD

The Easter Island Script No One Can Read

In 1862, Peruvian slave ships took the scribes. An epidemic killed most of those who survived. Twenty-six carved wooden tablets from Easter Island have sat in museums ever since, and no one has read a single one.

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