History of Easter Island
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Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on Earth, Easter Island, located in the mid-Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated. Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui,
Location of Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean
Traditional Rapa Nui cultivar of sweet potato (kumara)
Ahu Tongariki near Rano Raraku, a 15-moai ahu excavated and restored in the 1990s
Motu Nui islet, part of the Birdman Cult ceremony
Easter Island
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Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is renowned for its nearly
History of Easter Island
…Geologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on Earth, Easter Island (also called Rapa Nui), located in the mid-Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated. Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have…
Ahu with Hanga Roa in the background
Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island
Rapa Nui - Easter Island, (detail from original Isla de San Carlos chart), c. 1759 - 1775, Commodore Joseph de la Somaglia