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Aku-Aku: the Secret of Easter Island is a 1957 book by Thor Heyerdahl [1] published in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish, and in French and English the following year. The book describes the 1955–1956 Norwegian Archaeological Expedition 's investigations of Polynesian history and culture at Easter Island , the Austral Islands of Rapa Iti ...
In the late 19th century, within a few years to decades of the destruction of Easter Island society by slave raiding and introduced epidemics, two amateur investigators recorded readings and recitations of rongorongo tablets by Easter Islanders. Both accounts were compromised at best, and are often taken to be worthless, but they are the only ...
The rock gardens had covered up to 21.1 square kilometers (8.1 square miles) and could have sustained up to 17,000 people, previous research suggested.That February 2013 finding bolstered the idea ...
The team found signs suggesting that the island was once covered in trees, and slowly the team believed they had solved the mystery of Easter Island. The story was, according to Mulloy, that tribal chiefs had entered into a quasi-arms race, demanding larger and larger Moai be made in tribute to their greatness.
Rongorongo (/ ˈ r ɒ ŋ ɡ oʊ ˈ r ɒ ŋ ɡ oʊ / [1] or / ˈ r ɒ ŋ oʊ ˈ r ɒ ŋ oʊ /; [2] Rapa Nui: roŋoroŋo [ˈɾoŋoˈɾoŋo]) is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th century on Easter Island that has the appearance of writing or proto-writing.
An old shipwreck, believed to be the World War I vessel the SS Tobol, has been uncovered off the northeast coast of Scotland, solving what discoverers say is a "107-year-old maritime mystery."
Ahu Tongariki, with mount Poike in the background: the beginning of the Poike ditch where the final battle is supposed to have taken place.. The Hanau epe (also, hanau eepe: supposed to mean "Long-ears") were a semi-legendary people who are said to have lived in Easter Island, where they came into conflict with another people known as the Hanau momoko or "short-ears".
An Australian scientist says he has figured out the leading cause of the Bermuda Triangle disappearances. Here's the answer.