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5 days ago · Annotation. The Moai are large statues on Easter Island in Oceania, known for their distinctive head and facial features. The moai were created by the Rapa Nui people likely between 1250 and 1600 CE. The moai have distinctively large heads and disproportionately small bodies and are often called the “Easter Island Heads,” despite most ...
1 day ago · A high concentration of the 900 statues are located on the coast of the remote island and researchers have always wondered why they were constructed – until now. For centuries, the famous statues that dot the coast of the remote Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific have both fascinated and puzzled archaeologists.
5 days ago · Easter Island is located in the Pacific Ocean 2200 miles west of Chile. Originally called Rapa Nui and settled around 800 CE by the native Polynesians. Dutch explorers who landed on the island on Easter Sunday in 1722 were responsible for the new name. An exhausted ecosystem caused by deforestation, rat infestation, and the South American slave ...
4 days ago · The new analyses of the tools, along with genetic research published in 2024, confirms the theories Martinsson-Wallin presented in her doctoral thesis in 1994. She argues that Easter Island was settled by people of Polynesian origin who early established contact with South America. These contacts influenced the culture and paved the way for the ...
3 days ago · Prior to the 16th-century colonial era, the Austronesian language family was the most widespread in the world, spanning half the planet from Easter Island in the eastern Pacific Ocean to Madagascar in the western Indian Ocean. Coconuts on Rangiroa island in the Tuamotus, French Polynesia; a typical island landscape in Austronesia.
1 day ago · Kiribati is a member of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), an intergovernmental organisation of low-lying coastal and small island countries. Established in 1990, the main purpose of the alliance is to consolidate the voices of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to address global warming.
5 days ago · 5 Days Easter Island Itinerary. Day 1: Explore Hanga Roa. Day 2: Ahu Tongariki at Sunrise, Rano Raraku, Anakena, and Enjoy Tapati Festival. Day 3: Visit Ahu Akivi, Ana Kakenga, and Rano Kau Crater. Day 4: Check out Ahu Tahai, Anthropological Museum, and more Tapati Festival. Day 5: Fly Back to Santiago. More Easter Island Activities.
