Showing results for "Easter Island" in Politics & Social Sciences

Nestled in the vast expanse of the South Pacific Ocean, Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it is known to its native inhabitants, is a remote and enigmatic destination that beckons adventurers and history enthusiasts alike. This tiny Chilean island, located some 2,300 miles from the South American mainland, is a testament to the ingenuity and mystery of the ancient Polynesian civilization that once thrived here. As you approach the island by air, the first thing that catches your eye is the rugged, triangular shape of the volcanic landscape, dotted with the iconic moai statues that have become ...

The monumental statues of Easter Island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island’s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday 1722. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific islands, have built such monumental works?

Nouvelles recherches sur l'Île de Pâques, basées sur l'archéologie, les récentes recherches ostéologiques et génétiques, ainsi que sur la tradition orale, les rapports des premiers explorateurs et des premières missions ethnologiques sur l'Île. Jean Hervé Daude, sociologue, spécialiste de la tradition orale de l'Île de Pâques, met gracieusement le compte rendu de ses recherches à la disposition des Musées, des chercheurs et des institutions d'enseignement, ou de tout autre organisme ayant pour mission de diffuser la connaissance.