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New study could help solve the mystery of Easter Island head statues

Researchers say there is evidence of decentralised construction of over 1,000 Moai statutes

The Independent UK

Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues – the moai. The magnitude and number of these monuments defy easy explanation.

The Conversation

Easter Island statues may have 'walked' thanks to 'pendulum dynamics' and with as few as 15 people, study finds

Simple physics may explain how the Easter Island statues could "walk" miles with only a handful of people, but the debate over their transport is far from over.

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Archaeologists finally crack mystery of how Moai statues were erected on Easter Island

Roads made by villagers stabilised statue, researchers say

The Independent UK

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied

An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success story. Yet the history told about this “miracle drug” has completely left out the people and politics that made its discovery possible.

The Conversation

These strange hedges near Edinburgh have been cultivated for over 20 years

The hedges have been made to resemble a moai from Easter Island, an Olmec head from Central America, and a Corinthian warrior from Greece

The National (Scotland)

Iconic Easter Island statues could be gone in 60 years, study warns

New study warns that rising sea levels could threaten Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by the end of this century

The Independent UK

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Mysterious, New Easter Island Statue Appears In The Middle Of A Lake - Scientists Baffled: What Could It Mean?

A new moai statue, uncovered in a dried-up lake on Easter Island on 21 Feb 2023, raises questions about Rapa Nui's history and culture

International Business Times UK

‘The last plant left’: can Rapa Nui’s extinct tree be resurrected?

Seeds from the last toromiro, unique to remote Easter Island, were taken away in the 1960s. Now, after a crucial discovery gave hope for its survival, it is making a return

The Guardian - UK

My 7 top tips for planning the perfect photography trip to Easter Island

Advice for capturing the magical moai, dramatic coastlines and stunning night skies above the world’s most remote island

Digital Camera World

In Disney’s ‘Moana,’ the characters navigate using the stars, just like real Polynesian explorers − an astronomer explains how these methods work

If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, you may have noticed how small these land masses appear against the vast Pacific Ocean. If you’re on Hawaii, the nearest island to you is more than 1,000 miles…

The Conversation

Norwegian Museum Returns Artifacts To Easter Island

The Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway, returns artifacts taken by Thor Heyerdahl to Easter Island, emphasizing collaboration and cultural sensitivity in the ...

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Norway's Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile's remote Easter Island

Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Norway to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific

The Independent UK

Fishing lines, mobile phones and Wirral wind: the oddly harmonious music of Ex-Easter Island Head

For 15 years, the Liverpool band have been making some of the boldest experiments in British music (around their day jobs). They explain why quietness and community are so important in a chaotic world

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Astrophotographer captures stunning shot of "dramatic" Annular Solar Eclipse

Josh Dury captured these stunning shots of the incredible rare Annular Solar Eclipse from Easter Island, or Rapa Nui

Space

What it was like to experience the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on Easter Island

A few hundred eclipse chasers flocked to Chile's Rapa Nui to see annularity from the home of the mysterious moai.

LiveScience

Space photo of the week: Easter Island's last 'ring of fire' eclipse for 320 years

Oct. 2's annular solar eclipse saw a small-looking new moon cross the face of the sun to create a perfect circle for about six minutes.

LiveScience

'Many more ancient structures waiting to be discovered': Lost chunk of seafloor hidden in Earth's mantle found off Easter Island

Researchers created a seismic map of Earth's interior beneath the southeastern Pacific Ocean and discovered an ancient slab of oceanic crust that appears to be stuck midway through the mantle.

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'Ring of fire' solar eclipse blazes over Easter Island in incredible new image

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, where around 1,000 stone moai statues stand. You can see the whole celestial event play out in this incredible composite image.

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Ring Of Fire Eclipse To Grace Skies Over Easter Island

Discover the upcoming 'ring of fire' solar eclipse over Easter Island and safety tips for viewing this celestial spectacle.

Space

Why I'm going to Easter Island for the 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse

The world's most remote island, where moai stand and stare at the stars, will experience an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024. For one eclipse-chaser, it's unmissable.

International Business Times

'Ecocide' On Easter Island Never Took Place, Studies Suggest

Two recent studies have cast doubt on a popular theory that the ancient residents of Easter Island suffered a societal collapse because they overexploited their natural resources, an event often labelled one of history's first "ecocides".

LiveScience

Easter Island's population never collapsed, but it did have contact with Native Americans, DNA study suggests

A DNA analysis of 15 Rapa Nui individuals revealed that there was never a population collapse on Easter Island and that the inhabitants commingled with Native Americans.

The Independent UK

Easter Island study disproves popular theory about creation of its famous statues

Population collapse theory seems to be ‘colonial narrative’, scientist says

Space

An annular solar eclipse will put a 'ring of fire' above one of the most isolated spots on Earth: Easter Island

Thousands of skywatchers will gather for a view of the ringed sun from perhaps one of the most isolated and remote spots on the face of the Earth: the legendary and mystical Easter Island.

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