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Easter Island , Valparaiso, Chile on world map, pictures, travel
We can't be sure if they headed toward Easter Island with a specific purpose -- if they knew it even existed -- or if strong winds and rough seas from an El
Easter Island
14 posts - 13 authorsThe top destination for Megaliths and Prehistory worldwide. Easter Island : [News and Comments:15] Easter Island is the most remote inhabited island on the
Easter Island Was Devastated by Western Invaders and Not Internal
3 Aug 2010 When the survivors were released in 1863 after international protests, they brought these diseases back to Easter Island with them,
Easter Island , Moai, Rongorongo - Crystalinks
For centuries, the heads on Easter Island have filled visitors with wonder. What are they for? How did they get there? And, what are they looking at?
Easter Island in words and pictures
A travel guide to Easter Island from Moon Handbooks South Pacific by David Stanley. How did they transport almost 1000 giant statues from the quarry to
The Lessons of Easter Island
9 Sep 2010 Several thousand Rapanui still live on Easter Island , but they say outsiders now control the island, including its lucrative tourism
Jared Diamond, Easter Island's End
There has been much speculation about the exact purpose of the statues, the role they played in the ancient civilization of Easter Island and the way they
NOVA Online | Secrets of Easter Island | Stone Giants
When anthropologists began to consider the history and culture of Easter Island early in the twentieth century they agreed on one thing.
Easter Island - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan
Easter Island has long been the subject of curiosity and speculation. Some have suggested that Easter Island is the remnant of a lost continent,
Easter Island : Land of Giant Stones and Mysteries
by ES Sites - Related articlesIt is now recognized that the original inhabitants of Easter Island are of Polynesian stock (DNA extracts from skeletons have confirmed this), that they
Environmental collapse of Easter Island --Jared Diamond
On Easter Island they cut down all the trees for canoes entailed the collapse of the fishing industry and the population it supported.
Easter Island [Rapa Nui] Sculptured Stone : The Megalithic Portal
Pukao are the hats or topknots formerly placed on top of some moai statues from Rapa Nui ( Easter island ). They are cylindrical in shape with a dent on the
The Mystery of Easter Island | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine
The people of Easter Island called themselves the Rapa Nui. Where did they come from and why did they disappear? Science has learned much about the enigma
ThinkGeek :: Build Your Own Easter Island Kit
They also donate a portion of their proceeds to the Easter Island Foundation, and require that their travelers do the same.
Easter Island Home Page
They are called Moai - (pronounced moe-eye). Moai are statues carved of compressed volcanic ash on Rapa Nui ( Easter Island ). The statues are all monolithic,
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