Easter Island, the hidden history
The Island where Eyes Look at the Stars
In the heart of the Pacific Ocean, where its titanic waves break against lava reefs, where the icy winds of Antarctica are unleashed against stone colossi, a place remains, forgotten by all. It is a place where silence envelopes the obsidian black rocks, a place abandoned even by birds seeking rest.
This is where the most isolated island on our planet stands, named Matakiterani by those who discovered it - a name which means "Eyes look at the stars".
Early explorers, armed with pride and guns, renamed it Easter Island, a distant echo of their conquests.
This land, emerging as a challenge to the immensity, carries within itself a mystery too great to be simply named. She stands, monumental and solitary, a sentinel from ancient times who awoke in silence to die in oblivion.
Who can say if the waves have not swallowed up an entire civilization, leaving behind only this fragile testimony?
Today, Rapa Nui, known as Easter Island, a Chilean land. This small territory, triangular in shape extending over nearly 24 km at its widest point, reveals its mysteries over an area of 164 km².
It is a sanctuary of stone giants, the moaïs, and the cradle of a mysterious writing, the rongorongo, the only testimony of a vanished Oceanian civilization.
Located at the southeastern tip of the Pacific, the island is more than 2075 km east of Pitcairn, its closest neighbor. Its isolation is such that it rivals places like the Tristan da Cunha archipelago in solitude, standing as one of the most remote bastions of humanity.
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Additional articles:
• The Frenchman who Destroyed the History of Easter Island
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• The Woman Who Freed the Rapa Nui. Prophetess, witch, seer, visionary, revolutionary or possessed by God?
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Reference :
• Fantastic Easter Island
by Francis Mazière
• Short biography of the author:
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis...
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - The Island where Eyes Look at the Stars
05:44 - The Tragic History of Rapa Nui
10:37 - New Expeditions
17:55 - Enslavement
24:03 - A Forced and Destructive Economy
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