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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 statue was a gift from the people of Nii-jima (an island 163 kilometres (101 mi) from Tokyo but administratively part of the city) inspired by Easter Island moai. The name of the statue was derived by combining "moai" and the dialectal Japanese word moyai ( 催合い ) 'helping each other' .
Their size varies in proportion to the moai they were on, but they can be from 6 to 10 feet (1.8 to 3.0 metres) in diameter. [1] Pukao weigh up to 10 tonnes (11 short tons), and the placement of a pukao on top of a moai raised the height of the statues to an average of 11 m (37 ft).
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.
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 ...
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.
List of largest monoliths; Megalith – Large stone used to build a structure or monument; Moai – Monolithic human figures on Easter Island; Napakivi – Standing stones in Finland; Nature worship – Worship of the nature spirits; Obelisk – Tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top
The cast of Melrose Place is getting down to the good, the bad and the dirty!. In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE on the 90s Con Florida pink carpet, Daphne Zuniga, Laura Leighton, Grant ...