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Viriamo (c. 1820/1830 – 7 January 1936) was a Rapa Nui woman from Easter Island. Her name is also often spelled Veri ʻAmo, Veriamo, Viriama. Vereama and Viriamo.
The "Walking" Moai of Easter Island. Retrieved 8 August 2005. McCall, Grant (1995). "Rapanui (Easter Island)". Pacific Islands Year Book 17th Edition. Fiji Times. Retrieved 8 August 2005. Matthews, Rupert (1988). Ancient Mysteries. Wayland Publishing. ISBN 0-531-18246-0. Pelta, Kathy (2001). Rediscovering Easter Island. Lerner Publishing Group.
Hoa Hakananai'a is a moai, a statue from Easter Island. It was taken from Orongo, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in 1868 by the crew of a British ship and is now in the British Museum in London. It has been described as a "masterpiece" [1] and among the finest examples of Easter Island sculpture. [2]
A total solar eclipse visible from Easter Island occurred for the first time in over 1300 years on 11 July 2010, at 18:15:15. [54] Species of fish were collected in Easter Island for one month in different habitats including shallow lava pools, depths of 43 meters, and deep waters.
New research using satellite imagery and machine learning offers a fresh clue in the mystery of what happened to the original settlers of Easter Island. Satellite imagery may provide a missing ...
At some point in the last 4,000 years, an ancient 7.5-foot-tall monolith on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus could no longer stand on its own, and toppled to the floor. Experts that have studied ...
Image credits: History’s Mysteries Running a page with nearly 500K followers isn’t easy, though. “Researching all these historical facts and photos definitely takes time and effort ...
Easter Island is a volcanic island, consisting mainly of three extinct coalesced volcanoes: Terevaka (altitude 507 metres) forms the bulk of the island, while two other volcanoes, Poike and Rano Kau, form the eastern and southern headlands and give the island its roughly triangular shape.