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Easter Island Historical Overview

Easter Island, located in the South Pacific Ocean, is a remote and enigmatic island renowned for its mysterious Moai statues. The island, officially known as Rapa Nui, has a rich cultural heritage and is a popular tourist destination for those interested in archaeology and ancient civilizations.

The first settlers of Easter Island are believed to have arrived around the year 1200 AD, likely from Polynesian islands in the South Pacific. The Rapa Nui people developed a unique culture and built the famous Moai statues, large stone heads with distinctive facial features, which were placed on stone platforms called Ahu. The Moai were an important symbol of power and status and over 800 have been identified on the island.

The island’s population reached its peak in the 16th century, but by the late 1700s the society had declined and the Moai were abandoned. The Rapa Nui people suffered greatly in the 19th century, when European slave traders … Read the rest