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Scientists uncover the climate shock that reshaped Easter Island

Science Daily 10 Feb 2026
... water-scarce island, reshaping how people lived, worshiped, and organized society.
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Easter Island and the Allure of “Lost Civilizations”

New Yorker 26 Jan 2026
Why Western writers have shrouded the history of Rapa Nui in myth and mystery ... .
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3D map of Easter Island takes you places visitors aren’t allowed

Popular Science 11 Jan 2026
Known to many as Easter Island, a name Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen coined after landing on the island on Easter Sunday 1722, Rapa Nui is roughly double the size of Disney World, or 63.2 square miles.
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Massive stone statues 'walked' across Easter Island, researchers say

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 01 Jan 2026
A study using 11,600 aerial drone photos to map a mountainous quarry in 3D reveals more about how the island's famed stone sentinels were created and moved to their final resting places ... .
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Did the giant heads of Easter Island once walk?

West Hawaii Today 14 Dec 2025
Moored in the empty South Pacific, this barren outcrop of ...
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