The invention of writing on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). New radiocarbon dates on the Rongorongo script

Click Herfe to Read: Ferrara, S., Tassoni, L., Kromer, B. et al. The invention of writing on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). New radiocarbon dates on the Rongorongo script. Sci Rep 14, 2794 (2024).

The rongorongo script of Easter Island. A closeup of the verso of the Small Santiago tablet G, showing parts of lines 3 (bottom) to 7 (top). The glyphs of lines 3, 5, and 7 are right-side up, while those of lines 4 and 6 are up-side down.  Image: Unknown Author.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 Mozart manuscript back to life

Click Here to Read: Mozart manuscript back to life: A long-forgotten manuscript by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be brought to life this weekend in Paris. The newly rediscovered work – composed in 1778 when the Austrian prodigy was just 22 – will be performed in public for the first time ever at France’s National Library  on the France 24 website on June 19,2026.

Portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ImageL Barbara Krafft (1764–1825).  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.