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Secret Easter Island writing decoded by German cryptographer
Thomas Barthel of the University of Hamburg breaks the 400 year mystery of Easter Island glyphs. He argues the Rongorongo script shows Polynesian origins, refuting Thor Heyerdahl's Kon Tiki theory of Peruvian roots. The writing features 120 basic elements forming 1,000 signs, with many boards religious and ritual in nature.
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Earl Abell
New York Herald Tribune
New York
Easter Island
Pacific Ocean
Thomas 8. Barthel
University of Hamburg
Peru
Thor Hverdahl
Polynesia
Barthel
Scientific American
Polynessia
Mr. Barthel
Papeete
Tahiti
France
Belgium
Italy
America