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Rapa Nui's early inhabitants survived despite the odds
Books such as Jared Diamond's Collapse (2005) and Kevin Costner's feature film Rapa Nui -- Rebellion in Paradise (1994) present the thesis of the islanders' demise with powerful words and images.
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On Rapa Nui, step away from the crowds to explore one of the world’s most remote places
The sun is about to break on Rapa Nui, the Polynesian island dubbed Easter Island by a Dutch seafarer in 1722. Rapa Nui’s megaliths are called moai, and 15 of them stand with their backs to the ...