The Easter Island heads. Rapa Nui has been a place of mystery since it was discovered in 1772. The name “Easter Island” is the European name given by Jacob Roggeveen. The mystery on Easter Island is the moai, otherwise known as the heads of Easter Island. How the moai got there is still in debate but there have been multiple proven theories of how they got there. The three main theories I will discuss are the rope theory, the wooden sledge theory and the walking theory. The rope theory is one of the most obvious to think of, as it is only dragging the moai from the quarry. But this alone has problems, making the rope would be difficult enough as they are far from any other land masses and have little supplies. But with the rope and an entire village to help pull the rope it would be possible to move the moai from place to place. But the people of Rapa Nui say the moai “walked” to their spots so this theory is unlikely. …show more content…
The wooden sledge was set up kind of like a hashtag # to logs on the bottom three on top. The three on top are the support and the two on bottom are to reduce friction. The natives of Rapa Nui would drag the statues with rope tied to the two bottom logs. This theory would make the most sense because they would need lots and lots of wood. Rapa Nui, when it was discovered by Europeans was a desolate waste land. However, in the previous paragraph I discussed that the natives claimed they walked to their final resting places. “Jo Anne Van Tilburg, director of the Easter Island statue research at UCLA and a leading researcher of the Moai, has successfully tested this
In the article by Jared Diamond, many interesting theories are discussed about Easter Island’s history and decline. Diamond makes connections to the environmental challenges we face today and he compares the catastrophe of Easter Island to our current over consumption of natural resources. While this article makes for an interesting read, much of it is offered from a single perspective and little counter evidence is offered. The author writes in a way that could engage a non-academic audience who may not be interested in counter evidence, or proper referencing. The article lacks credibility due to its narrow scope and conversational diction. At the root of this discussion however, is the notion that the Rapa Nui people were
Have you ever been depressed or need to rev up your memory and you do not know how to fix it? There is a way to fix this. Just go out and do a hard exercise frequently and it may work.The article “Exercise builds brawns and brains,” by Esther Landhuis is about how 20 min of exercise can rev up your memory. Passage two “Strong body helps the mind,” by Stephen Ornes is about how exercising for longer periods of time can rev up your memory and keep away depression.
Barrier Islands are very so hard to protect, therefore, there should be different kinds of information that would help the community distant from these Coast's to commit to preserving a Barrier Island. first of all historically these barrier islands have been hard to protect because the links between them an inshore ecosystems are poorly recognized. some of the ways resolve this issue include putting signs up roads that lead to the coast, putting Billboards up making tissue blown up on a big board, sending mass text out like they do with Amber Alerts, creating symbols or texts on the roads themselves like we have with turn signals, putting more information on local channels for TV, putting Flyers up at local restaurants or bars,
Similar to the 1963 film Cleopatra, in Plutarch's The Life of Antony, sexism is maintained in the passage and compatible with its message. Through the author's portrayal of Cleopatra and Antony, he spreads the message that obsession with power is bad and the idea that manipulation and attempts at domination are signs of a bad ruler. Sexism is compatible with such messages because as indicated by Plutarch, Cleopatra utilizes sexist expectations of women in order to manipulate Antony through her aspirations of domination. Therefore, similar to the films Cleopatra and Quo Vadis, because Cleopatra is unsuccessful as she commits suicide in the end and is found "lying dead upon a golden couch," as well as is portrayed as an immoral ruler in
The shrine is one of the biggest structures in the tribe’s community. Religion is such an important part of the Nawois’ live they have placed the shrine far enough from the river to avoid flooding even though much of their community is within the flooding zone. The shrine is shaped like a bowl. It has a state in the middle with seating 360 degrees around the stage.
The first person to unite the island was Kamehameha. He was born as Paiea, the lonely one. His uncle, Kalani’opu’u was the ruler of Hawai’i before Kamehameha conquered the islands. He/Kamehameha wasn’t supposed to become the king after all. Until he achieved so many mana from all the battles he won and from the people who respected him, he was able to become the king, Kamehameha the Great.
Barrier Island is a low edge of sand that is parallel to the mainland with a distance of 2 to 19 miles’ off the shoreline, 300 barrier islands border the shore of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to Padre Island, Texas. The barrier island defends the coast from the full power of storm waves. In the central of the barrier island and the mainland is a peaceful lagoon or a bay. Mainly most of these barrier island are 0.6-3 miles wide and amid from 9-18 miles long. The highest structures example of barrier island are sand dunes with the height of 16-33 feet; however, in some places the dunes can reach the height of 100 feet. Few barrier islands are initiated as spits that were then detached from the inland by upsurge corrosion, rising of sea level resulting
Waimea Valley located on the North Shore of O’ahu is deeply rooted in the Hawaiian cultures, history, flora and fauna, and more importantly one of a few places in Hawaii that’s untouched by time. In Ancient Hawaiian time, as early as 1092 A.D Waimea was chosen to be an award to the Kahuna Nui in perpetuity due to its lush valley’s and abundant resources. In Hawaiian culture Kahuna Nui were apparently experts in this type of field. Because of that Waimea was home to many in the Kahuna class, thus was now known as “The Valley of the Priests”
Native Hawaiians would like to share their lovely islands with you. Experience the beauty of Hawaii as the fresh floral scents of the tropical landscape are carried towards you by the ocean breeze. The fresh Hawaiian air will energize your senses as the serene ocean waters transport you to a state of utter tranquility. Explore the islands with a renewed vigor. Relish the in the rich offerings of Hawaii's unique landscape, and soon you will treasure the islands just as Native Hawaiians have from time immortal.
This case launched when the Department of Revenue notified American Business USA Corporation they would be conducting an audit of the accounts and records. After completion of the audit the Department of Revenue issued a proposed tax assessment pursuant to section 212.05 91) (l) of the Florida Statute against American Business USA Corporation for taxes and interest of internet sales transactions.
I’ve been going to the same summer camp for six years and most years we canoe out to High Island, which is about a mile away from the camp, or a 45 minute paddle. I’ve never had much luck going out to the island. One year it was so windy we had to stop at a town dock and be driven back to camp because the winds were so strong, and the water was so choppy. Another year my canoe was dented, which dramatically affected the tracking so we had to be tied to a counselor's canoe and brought back to camp. With the strong memories of those trips I was worried when my counselor in training program required a three day camping trip to High Island, meaning a canoe trip out with lots of supplies.
Lush to barren, bio-diverse to disturbed, blooming beauty to foul crudeness—is a common theme plaguing the natural world at this precise moment in time. Humans are overtaxing the splendor of nature, altering it into an unrecognizable wasteland ravaged by greed and economic lust. Such a modification can even be fatal, extinguishing green eternally in replacement of stark soil that sadly anticipates some form of aid with the capability to maybe replenish it. Within “The Lorax” and the land mass known as Easter Island, both environments are victim to the immoral whims of humanity and the consequent demolition it wreak, the two merely differing in the advancement of technology.
Archeologists suggest that the large stones used in building the pyramids were transported by rolling them over logs or a wet, slippery, clay surface. These methods may have been effective in moving the blocks close to the building site, but do not explain how the massive
Even when the plain was safely reached, difficulties still abounded. Shifting a total of 22,000 tons of marble across ten miles of level plain to the Acropolis proved a major operation itself. These drums, blocks, and architraves were so enormously heavy that special methods of transport had to be devised for them, and the existing road had to be rebuilt so that it was strong enough to support their weight. Traffic was restricted to the dry summer months for fear that the blocks would bog down in the mud, and the largest blocks of all seem to have baffled the wagonmakers. Axles had to be inserted directly into their end sockets, and these were then equipped with wheels no less than twelve feet in diameter. The whole was fitted to a frame of four-inch timbers and drawn by up to thirty teams of oxen. Shifting a block of marble from the quarry to the Acropolis took at least two days and
Easter Island was once a haven for its inhabitants. It provided them with all of their needs, food, shelter, tools, and even the ability to create great works of art. They abused this Eden, and turned it into a disaster, with almost no natural resources. This could very well happen to us, because our earth is the same Eden that Easter Island once was.