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 | | Late in the afternoon we fly to Rapa Nui, the local name for Easter Island, landing in the island's only village, Hanga Roa, where Edmundo Edwards and Claudio Cristino, our archaeologist guides and hosts, welcome us. |
 | | Anthropological Museum, Tahai Archaeological Zone, Ana Kai Tangata, obsidian quarry at Te Manavai, Rano Kau volcano, Orongo |
 | | After lunch at a local restaurant, we view the ancient pictographs painted in ochre and white on the high vaulted ceilings in the cave of Ana Kai Tangata and stop to see an obsidian dome, where thousands of pieces of this semiprecious stone are scattered on the ground at Te Manavai. |
| www.unl.edu /alumni/programs/tourin/03easter_island.htm (1958 words) |
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