Spanish students take a world tour
Township Journal - Oct 10, 2007
Some of these explorations are to learning about currencies and the mysterious artifacts and remains of Machu Picchu in Peru and Easter Island off the coast ...
Ever searching for news about Rapa Nui, this blog's administrator comes across many references to Rapa Nui and its famous moai. Often, these references are quite comical and have nothing to do with the island or the culture of Rapa Nui. Other times, they appear to be speculative, based more on misconceptions than reality, or downright bizarre. Here are some of the more recent references:
The Jester's Quart: For Coach and Columnist, a Double Fault
SportsFan Magazine, MD - September 28, 2007
Or would you be so overwhelmed by the unpredictable fury of the moment that you look resemble an Easter Island statue holding a tape recorder? ...
Use royalty revenues wisely
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Sep 30, 2007
We become victims of our need for immediate gratification and we flirt with the fate of the peoples who cut down the last tree on Easter Island and sealed ...
Corporal from Oak Bay gladly returns to Kandahar
Canada.com, Canada - Oct 1, 2007On his left is an intricate design of wraparound shapes he said was inspired by a tribe of people on Easter Island. On his right, among numerous other ...
Never too old for new things
Emporia Gazette (subscription), KS - Oct 5, 2007
The 13-foot Dangos were still in the kiln in which they were fired, as were the giant Easter Island-like heads. Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times ...
Lose your head
Boston Herald, United States - Oct 8, 2007
I finally asked if being rude was common on Easter Island. He slowly nodded yes, so I tipped him over. I lost 250 bucks last week. ...
Environmental Setting Of Human Migrations In The Circum-Pacific Region
Science Daily (press release) - October 10, 2007
... that of the migration to Oceania, which began about 3500 years BP and culminated in the settlement of Hawaii and Easter Island by 2000-1000 years BP. ...
The world's most sacred sites
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - October 10, 2007
The hundred of carved heads that adorn Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were in use as early as 500 BC. They are said to represent an ideology of male, ...
Wonderland Online Announced and Screens
Gamers Hell, UK - October 10, 2007
... based on several ancient South American and Pacific Island cultures: the mysterious Mayans, the huge stone statues of Easter Island and much more. ...
Anthropology Club plans slew of events for upcoming months ...
Michigan Journal (subscription), MI - Oct 9, 2007
... Swindler and Vice President Lowell Steiner bring first-hand experience in archaeological field techniques after spending a summer on Easter Island. ...
Where the Roads Diverged
World Hum, CA - Oct 8, 2007
After searching all her life, Catherine Watson felt she’d found home on Easter Island. Then she heard a whisper in her ear: Be careful what you wish for. ...
Cleveland Children to Get a Glimpse of Rapa Nui Culture
All American Patriots (press release), Sweden - Oct 8, 2007
Visiting the Cleveland area October 1-13 are Ana Maria Arrendondo, a headmaster of the municipal school of Easter Island as well as an artist and a ...
Dupuis portrays Romeo Dallaire
London Free Press, Canada - Oct 7, 2007
"We'll sail to the Panama Canal, the Galapagos, to Easter Island," he continues. Dupuis expects to be gone five years, minimum. ...
Capturing the calm
The Union of Grass Valley, CA - Oct 7, 2007
But his travels also will take him to Bhutan, Easter Island, Jordan and Israel to shoot whatever moves him. He carries one bag with a tripod, ...
The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Times Online, UK - Oct 6, 2007
With this in mind, the story jump-cuts to several other locations, each with its own Billie and each with its own ecological problems: Easter Island in the ...
Politics/ Pitcairns: GETTING READY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEALINGS
Island Business, Fiji - Oct 3, 2007
Tourism is anticipated to be propelled by the 40 odd cruise ships that travel between Easter Island and French Polynesia. Also, Pitcairn Island is ...
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Make Your Reservations Now for Easter Island
About - News & Issues, NY - Oct 4, 2007
Easter Island expects summer tourism spike (MercoPress): "Tourism is booming on Isla de Pascua (Easter Island). With the height of the summer tourist season ...
An oddly familiar time-travelling romance
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Oct 3, 2007
... including an excerpt from the journal of Billy, a young crewman on Captain Cook's ship Resolution who becomes marooned on Easter Island. ...
Ramón Navarro is setting South American big wave bar
Global Surf News - Oct 3, 2007
... top ten with the possibility of participating in the Master’s Tournament, which will close the Chilean season in December, possibly in Easter Island. ...
THE NATURE OF THE NEW WORLD
The Baltimore Chronicle, MD - Oct 2, 2007
For example, as the environmental resource base of Easter Island in the South Pacific deteriorated, its population declined from a peak of 20000 several ...
Who is leaving these bizarre stone heads on our doorsteps?
Times Online, UK - Oct 1, 2007
Residents of Yorkshire could be forgiven for wondering if Easter Island has come to the North of England after at least 19 carved stone heads were left on ...
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Stone head mystery puzzles northern England
Reuters UK, UK - Oct 2, 2007
As many as 20 artfully carved faces, miniature versions of the Easter Island sculptures, have been deposited in sleepy villages across northern England in ...
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Enigmatic artist may be behind the riddle of the invading stone headsThis is London, UK - Oct 2, 2007... of looking like a miniature version of Easter Island, a clamour is growing for the conundrum of the surreptitious sculpture-spreader to be cracked. ...
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WEIRD NEWS
Commonwealth Times (subscription), VA - Oct 4, 2007
As many as 20 miniature versions of the Easter Island head sculptures have been mysteriously left on doorsteps and outside post offices in villages across ...
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Intriguing news reports fresh off the Internet
Tri-Valley Herald, CA - Oct 5, 2007
The heads are 18-inch-high miniatures of the giant heads on Easter Island, and according to stonemasons the sculptures exhibit quality workmanship. ...
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Who's Been Leaving Heads Behind?
ShortNews.com, Germany - Oct 6, 2007
Small versions of the famous Easter Island Heads have been appearing on doorsteps of some homes and businesses in Northern London and the recipients are at ...
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Intriguing news reports fresh off the Internet
Tri-Valley Herald, CA - Oct 5, 2007
The heads are 18-inch-high miniatures of the giant heads on Easter Island, and according to stonemasons the sculptures exhibit quality workmanship. ...
Learning from the past
Cleantech, CA - Sep 30, 2007
During the later centuries of the Mayan civilization, a new society was evolving on faraway Easter Island, some 166 square kilometers of land in the South ...
Wine grapes thrive in sheltered Chilean valley
Contra Costa Times, CA - Sep 30, 2007
... up a steep hillside to an elaborate village with reproductions of houses from Chile's Mapuche and Aymara peoples as well as an Easter Island figure. ...
Review: The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Sep 29, 2007
... and an interlude from the fictional diaries of a shipwrecked member of Captain Cook's Easter Island crew, there are a few pages of what feels like ...
The Resourceful Traveler
Chicago Tribune, United States - Sep 29, 2007
another time, Easter Island ("It was as if the island had been waiting for me…") She treats each destination with respect; thus, she takes personally any ...
