来自MSN7 个月
Exploring Easter Island: Top 5 Moai Statue Sites
Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile can be overwhelming. I speak from experience, having spent many hours planning to make the most of a week on this ...
Business Insider2 年
Scientists just unearthed a new statue on Easter Island. Take a look inside one of the most ...
Archaeologist and Easter Island expert Jo Anne Van Tilburg believes the moai were built to honor ancestors and chieftains, or for ritual use to commune with gods, she told PBS. National Geographic ...
Go Backpacking on MSN6 个月
The Stone Faces of Rano Raraku: Uncovering the Secrets of Easter Island’s Moai
Five hundred years ago, on the southern slopes of Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano, the Rapa Nui people skillfully carved ...
EurekAlert!2 年
Moai Statues on Easter Island (IMAGE)
Easter Island is known for these iconic Moai statues, as well as mysteries surrounding the inhabitants of the island. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...
THE WEEK3 个月
Exploring Easter Island, one of the world's most remote inhabited islands
The oldest moai dates back to 1300 ... only airline that flies out of Santiago into Hanga Roa, the capital of Easter Island. It takes about five-and-a-half hours to reach Hanga Roa, with LATAM ...
PBS3 个月
Past Attempts
Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...
PBS3 个月
Stone Giants
On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...
UNESCO9 个月
Rapa Nui National Park
Easter Island, the most remote inhabited island on the planet ... in a context of deep crisis, toppled the moai. In this respect, it is important to consider that the Rapa Nui National Park must ...
Science X Network15 天
IU completes its first international repatriation of human remains to Easter Island
Science X is a network of high quality websites with most complete and comprehensive daily coverage of the full sweep of science, technology, and medicine news ...
National Geographic news4 年
If They Could Only Talk
This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, did one of the things he loves ...
MercoPress15 年
Chile promotes tourism marriage ceremonies in Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
There is a Rapa-nui wedding ceremony, complete with loincloth, awaiting you on Chile’s Easter ... Moai statues and archaeological sites. Tourism, the main industry on the island, is also a ...