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Scientists just unearthed a new statue on Easter Island. Take a look inside one of the most remote inhabited places in the world.
Visiting Easter Island requires a six-hour flight from Santiago, Chile. Only one airline, LATAM, services the island. It got its name after Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen spotted the island on ...
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First Inhabitants
Ever since 1722, when Captain Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman and the first European known to have reached Easter Island arrived, scholars have debated the origins of the isolated population he found ...
A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History as We Know It
For decades, archeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), known as Rongorongo ... the ...
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Around the world in 22 days: A Staten Islander shares her experiences
It was named “Easter Island” by Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen who discovered it on Easter Sunday, April 5, 1722. His ship logs documented his interactions with the native Polynesians and the ...