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How Rapa Nui Lost a Tree, Only to Have It Sprout Up Elsewhere
Rapa Nui came with inherent geographic disadvantages ... Skottsberg had found in the shelter of Rano Kau. The egg-shaped ...
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The Stone Faces of Rano Raraku: Uncovering the Secrets of Easter Island’s Moai
Without such coordination, releasing tens of thousands of pounds of volcanic rock from the crater could result in deadly ...
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Scientists just unearthed a new statue on Easter Island. Take a look inside one of the most remote inhabited places in the world.
Today, those indigenous to the land call the island Rapa Nui, named for the Rapa Nui people ... statue in a dry lake bed inside a volcanic crater. "We think we know all the moai, but then a ...