(Domesticate) The Norwegian go back to Rapa Nui

(Domesticate) The Norwegian go back to Rapa Nui

Norway returned archaeological items and human stays taken through a Norwegian explorer within the Fifties to Rapa Nui, the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo reported this Wednesday. The museum defined in a observation that “Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl changed into desirous about the archaeological mysteries of Rapa Nui (the island’s native title) on the age of … Read more

Chilean artists grow to be Rapanui moais into colourful “environmental ambassadors”

Chilean artists grow to be Rapanui moais into colourful “environmental ambassadors”

The well-known stone statues referred to as moais of the Island of Rapa Nui “come to existence” in Santiago, Chile in a creative layout as “environmental ambassadors” to “elevate consciousness” about sustainability and “collective duty” with the planet. “The message in the course of the ancestors is to lift consciousness on the planet, to maintain … Read more

Crop evidence of ancient voyages between Rapa Nui and South America

Crop evidence of ancient voyages between Rapa Nui and South America

Ancient crops of Polynesian and South American origin prior to European contact have been identified in the oldest archaeological site on Easter Island, a remote Chilean territory in the Pacific Ocean. The research, published in the journal PLOS One, presents evidence that there were ancestral contacts between the peoples of the Pacific islands and the … Read more

The fascinating origin of rongo rongo, the writing system of the Rapanui on Easter Island

The fascinating origin of rongo rongo, the writing system of the Rapanui on Easter Island

According to a recent discovery, on the small and remote island of Rapa Nui, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and more than 3,800 kilometers from the continental mass, a writing system emerged at least 250 years before the Spanish arrived. The rongo rongo, as this writing is known, is preserved engraved on 27 … Read more