In 1722, when the Dutch navigator Roggeveen visited Easter Island on Easter day, he observed that the coastal moai were standing, but his drawings show no coral eyes. The population was an estimated 8000. Fifty-two years later, the population had dropped to an estimated 3000 by the time th...
Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, its original name, is the Polynesian island found in the south east Pacific Ocean. Although Easter Island is famous for the large monumental Moai statues which adorn Easter Island, often called the Easter Island heads, Rapa Nu
2001-2. Rongorongo Glyphs Clarify Easter Island Rock Drawings. Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes 113: 215-220.Rjabchikov, S.V. (2001). Rongorongo glyphs clarify Easter Island rock drawings. Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes 113: 215-220....
an archaeologist at the University of California at Los Angeles, he’s spent many years making drawings and measurements of all the island’s moai. (He and Van Tilburg have also teamed up to create the new Galería Mana, intended to showcase and sustain traditional artisanry on the island.)...
examining the 70 multi-ton giant hats scattered around the island that have gradually eroded over time. Using photography to produce 3D computer models, the researchers were able to study the pukao in greater detail and discovered that there are far more drawings carved into the hats than was ...
examining the 70 multi-ton giant hats scattered around the island that have gradually eroded over time. Using photography to produce 3D computer models, the researchers were able to study the pukao in greater detail and discovered that there are far more drawings carved into the hats than was ...
This cat originated during a story called Spider-Island: I Love New York City No. 1, a small anthology book that took place during an event where every resident of New York City was given the same spider powers as Spider-Man. In this instance, a house cat used his newly gained...
examining the 70 multi-ton giant hats scattered around the island that have gradually eroded over time. Using photography to produce 3D computer models, the researchers were able to study the pukao in greater detail and discovered that there are far more drawings carved into the hats than was ...
They will even recognize refrigerators in schematic drawings printed upside down because, unlike human subjects, these appliances are largely rotationally symmetric (Figure 6 and Figure 7); and yet, although recognizing individuals in mirror reflections, or in photographs oriented on their side, is ...
They will even recognize refrigerators in schematic drawings printed upside down because, unlike human subjects, these appliances are largely rotationally symmetric (Figure 6 and Figure 7); and yet, although recognizing individuals in mirror reflections, or in photographs oriented on their side, is ...