But the art which adorns Easter Island’s landscape ... “There is little archaeological evidence to support the history of internal warfare and collapse before contact with the outside world.” Easter ...
This is Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, a land full of history and culture ... The moai were more than art; they were memorials to important figures. They showed the beliefs and spirit ...
They settled both Hawaii and New Zealand, and between 700 and 900, they got to Rapa Nui - and so brought to an end one immense chapter of human history, for Easter Island was possibly the last ...
In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter ... of the island’s natural resources led to population collapse. But now, new evidence is painting a radically ...
Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile. Visiting Easter Island ...
How did the first inhabitants of Easter Island arrive? It is the most remote ... Navigation was a precise science, a learned art that was passed on verbally from one navigator to another for ...
there is no written record (and the oral history is scant) to help tell the story of this remote land, its people, and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's ...