Recently two tourists found engraved petroglyphs on a Hawaiian Beach. This was an important find because it suggested that the ancient Polynesians had a common writing system which was used from Hawaii to Easter Island.
These inscriptions were accidentally found on the coastline at Waianae, Oahu Island by Lonnie Watson and Mark Louviere of Ft. Worth, Texas. The petroglyphs were only seen after sunlight illuminated the signs along the shore line for a limited period of time. The Waianae signs are dated several hundred years before Europeans reached the Hawaiian Islands.
The Rongorongo Script
The Waianae petroglyphs are interesting. They resemble the inscriptions on the Rapa Nui Tablet of Easter Island, in a script we call Rongorongo.
The Rapa Nui Tablet of Easter Island, believed to be written in Rongorongo. (Public Domain)
A closeup of the Rongorongo script of Easter Island. (Public Domain)