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	Easter Island travel guide - Wikitravel
		Easter Island [1] (Spanish: Isla de Pascua, Polynesian: Rapa Nui) is one of the most isolated islands on Earth.
		As a territory of Chile, the main language spoken on Easter Island is Chilean Spanish.
		If you've managed to sail to Easter Island on your own, a logical next stop would be the infamous Pitcairn Islands, one of the island's "nearest" neighbors and another contender for "most isolated", with no air access and little tourism at all.
	wikitravel.org /en/Easter_Island (1825 words)

	Easter Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Easter Island, known in the native language as Rapa Nui ("Big Rapa") or Isla de Pascua in Spanish, is an island in the south Pacific Ocean belonging to Chile.
		The civilization of Easter Island was long believed to have degenerated drastically during the century before the arrival of the Dutch, as a result of overpopulation, deforestation and exploitation of an extremely isolated island with limited natural resources.
		Easter Island was annexed for Chile in 1888 by Policarpo Toro.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Easter_Island (3550 words)

	Easter Island - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Of volcanic origin, Easter Island is mostly covered with grasslands and is swept by strong trade winds.
		Easter Island has long been famous for its hieroglyphs and for hundreds of remarkable monolithic stone heads (moais) whose origin and meaning have been widely debated.
		Regarding the origin and culture of the builders of these monuments, one formerly popular theory is that of Thor Heyerdahl, that fair-skinned invaders from the East carved the monoliths, and that later (c.1680) the present Polynesians conquered the island, unleashing violent strife leading to near extinction of the population.
	messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/EasterIs (438 words)

	Easter Island - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is unclear when the isolated island was settled by Polynesian voyagers, but recent estimates date their arrival to as early c.AD 800 or as late as c.AD 1200.
		Easter Island: a remarkable culture built in the middle of nowhere.
		The role of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) statuary as territorial boundary markers.(Method)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/e/easteri1s.asp (566 words)

	Easter Island - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the atlas illustrating the voyage of La Perouse a plan of the island is given, with the position of several of the platforms.
		The only ancient implement discovered on the island is a kind of stone chisel, but it seems impossible that such large and numerous works could have been executed with such a tool.
		The present inhabitants of Easter Island know nothing of the construction of these remarkable works; and the entire subject of their existence in this small and remote island is a mystery.
	www.1911ency.org /E/EA/EASTER_ISLAND.htm (824 words)

	Easter Island
		Behrens concluded his remarkably cheerful description of Easter Island and its natural environment on a high note: "This island is a suitable and convenient place at which to obtain refreshment, as all the country is under cultivation and we saw in the distance whole tracts of woodland [ganze Wälder]" (Behrens, 1903:137).
		To be sure, one of the dominant themes and premises of past research on Easter Island's native population is the claim that the "primitive" inhabitants that were discovered in the 18th century could not have been the designers and architects of their civilisation's giant statues and architectural accomplishments.
		The fundamental flaw in his treatment of Easter Island is that he approaches the problems of its evolution and history with the zeal of an environmental campaigner, and not with the dispassionate detachment of a scientist.
	sacredsites.com /americas/chile/easter_island.html (14002 words)

	Easter Island Encyclopedia Article @ ArtQuilt.com (Art Quilt) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Some scientists say that Easter Island was not inhabited until the later years of AD 700-800.
		European contact with the island began in 1722 on Easter Sunday when Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen found about 2,000-3,000 inhabitants on the island, although the population may have been as high as 10,000-15,000 only a century or two earlier.
		The civilization of Easter Island was long believed to have degenerated drastically during the 100 years before the arrival of the Dutch, as a result of overpopulation, deforestation and exploitation of an extremely isolated island with limited natural resources.
	www.artquilt.com /encyclopedia/Easter_Island (3575 words)

	Easter Island in words and pictures
		It is one of the most isolated islands in the world but 1200 years ago a double-hulled canoe filled with seafarers from a distant culture landed upon its shores.
		Science has learned much about the enigma of Easter Island and has put to rest some of the more bizarre theories, but questions and controversies remain.
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	mysteriousplaces.com /Easter_Island (238 words)

	Easter Island Statue Project: About Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
		The island lacks a reef, but there are six known species of coral present, two of which are endemic.
		The island’s most culturally significant geological resource is Rano Raraku, a volcanic crater of concentrated ash, or tuff, from which the monolithic statues, or moai, were carved.
		An alternative hypothesis is that the island was grass-covered with palm trees and shrubs concentrated in lowland areas.
	www.ssc.ucla.edu /ioa/eisp/rapanui/rapanui.htm (1729 words)

	Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
		Easter Island (Polynesian: Rapa Nui; Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is an island in the South Pacific belonging to Chile.
		Easter Island is located in the middle of the South Pacific between Chile and Tahiti.
		The civilization of Easter Island had already degenerated drastically during the 100 years before the arrival of the Dutch, owing to the overpopulation, deforestation and exploitation of the extremely isolated island with its limited natural resources.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /easter-island (1439 words)

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		The majority of the Easter Island's population comprise of the descendants of its original inhabitants.
		Easter Island is one of the most curious places in Chile for the visitors.
	www.worldtravel4indians.com /chile/sightseeing-in-chile/easter-island.html (341 words)

	Easter Island Home Page
		Some have suggested that Easter Island is the remnant of a lost continent, or the result of an extra-terrestrial influence.
		The island is also home to many petroglyphs (rock carvings), as well as traditional wood carvings, tapa (barkcloth) crafts, tattooing, string figures, dance and music.
		Contacts with western "civilization" proved even more disastrous for the island population which, through slavery and disease, had decreased to approximately 110 by the turn of the century.
	www.netaxs.com /~trance/rapanui.html (772 words)

	Easter Island pictures
		Easter Island photos and pictures for stock photography.
		A photo gallery of Easter Island, site of an ancient civilization which left behind a thousand massive statues.
		Visit Easter Island from the monitor with this photo picture album that presents photographs of the place billed as the most remote spot on Earth.
	www.island-search.com /easter-island-pictures.html (192 words)

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		The earliest name of this island is Te Pito O Te Henua, meaning ‘The Center or the naval of the World'.
		The restored village of Orongo is one of Easter Island mystery.
		All of the residents of Easter Island live in the town of Hanga Roa, and it is an easy day's drive from town around the island in search of moai which is huge stone sculptures and ahu (the rectangular stone platforms which moai were mounted on).
	www.worldtravel4indians.com /chile/tourist-destinations/easter-island-tours.html (356 words)

	EASTER ISLAND
		Their origin can be traced back to the 4th century, when the first human beings arrived at the "world's navel" from the Marquesas Islands, according to anthropological and linguistic researchers.
		As no answers are found for them, it continues to attract the world's attention with its impressive archaeological heritage and its mysterious ancient inhabitants, able to carve the wooden rongo rongo boards with a still undecipherable script and to carve and then haul massive stone statues weighing several tons, without having discovered the wheel.
		Now there is Hanga Roa, the only town on the island, and Mataveri, the airport that receives flights from Santiago, turning Easter Island into one of Chile's prime tourist destinations, because besides its multiple natural and cultural riches, it offers a warmly pleasant climate and chances to experience all kinds of adventures.
	www.enjoy-chile.org /easter-island-chile.php (508 words)

	Easter Island Travel & Accommodation Guide
		Includes easter island accommodation reviews, scuba diving and surfing vacations, honeymoon and wedding venues, backpacking and adventure travel and history, nature and culture.
		Easter Island, traditionally known as Rapa Nui, conjures up images of myths and tragedies and forgotten far off lands.
		The island is indeed one of the most remote parts of the world - the nearest populated land mass is tiny Pitcairn Island almost 2000km to the west with the South American coast being 3,700km to the east.
	www.pacific-travel-guides.com /easter-island (436 words)

	Easter Island - Statues of Rapa Nui
		On one day the men took part in a Decathlon of swimming, reed rafting, and a running race around and across the crater lake of the extinct volcano Rano Raraku, home of the Giant Statues.
		In 1995 the Chairman of the Bradshaw Foundation, Damon de Laszlo, and John Robinson, joined Doctor Georgia Lee on Easter Island, the island of Rapa Nui.
		Her life times study of the island's Petroglyths has given her a unique knowledge about this collection of Polynesian rock art, by far the greatest in the whole of the Pacific Ocean.
	www.bradshawfoundation.com /easter (309 words)

	Easter Island Music
		This is the home for all artistic endeavors by Mark Miceli.
		.These include solo albums, Easter Island albums, featured works on other artists' albums, as well as film, video, and art works.
		As you will see and hear, these works are very eclectic by nature, and thus require an open mind.
	www.easterislandmusic.com (77 words)

	NOVA Online \| Secrets of Easter Island
		This is the story of a team of archaeologists and a 75-person crew who sought to unravel a central mystery of Easter Island: how hundreds of giant stone statues that dominate the island's coast were moved and erected.
		For one month, the team struggled to raise a 10-ton moai, using only the tools and materials available to the ancient Easter Islanders.
		NOVA Online is produced for PBS by the WGBH Science Unit
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/easter (72 words)

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