The Moai are huge statues on the Polynesian island Rapa Nui. The island is commonly called Easter Island and belongs to Chile. The Easter Island is more than 2,200 miles away from Chile in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The islanders created more than 900 carved stone figures between ...
It’s surely one of the best places to visit in Colombia. In addition to climbing the rock, you can go swimming, kayaking, hiking, and bird watching. There are also several restaurants and cafes in the town of Guatape, so you can relax and enjoy the views after a day of adventure. ...
Of the thousands of remarkable statues around the world, you may know where to find the Statue of Liberty, and maybe the Sphinx. But what about all the others? From The Thinker and Venus de Milo to the Olmec Colossal Heads and Moai, see if you can match the famous statue to where...
The island of Rapa Nui, the most isolated inhabited landmass on Earth, is known for its massive Moai statues.
The island of Rapa Nui, the most isolated inhabited landmass on Earth, is known for its massive Moai statues.
Shakira, born Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll in Barranquilla, Colombia on February 2nd, 1977, is a globally recognized singer and songwriter known for her unique blend of Latin pop and rock music. She developed an interest in performing at an early age as she frequently participated in school pe...
Colombia’s Las Lajas Sanctuary is a religious building housed inside the Guáitara River canyon. The gothic shrine opened to the public in 1949 after a 33-year construction project – it sits peacefully 150 feet above the river, surrounded by the raw South American landscape. ...
Bolívar is one of the most respected and famous world leaders in South America. He led Venezuela, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. Bolívar hoped these countries would become allies in a nation known as Gran Colombia, but they began to fig...
labyrinth of London, to have grown old in so many mirrors, to have sought in vain the marble gaze of the statues, to have questioned lithographs, encyclopedias, atlases, to have seen the things that men see, death, the sluggish dawn, the plains, ...
She has been commemorated by Zimbabweans through the building of statues in her name, street names, hospitals, songs, novels, and poems. THe legacy of the medium continued to be linked to the theme of resistance, particularly the guerrilla war that began in 1972. Her name became of ...