Summary: "How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui - also known as Easter Island - carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this remote Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has swirled around the iconic ancient statues and the history of the people who created them. Now, a new generation of researchers is overturning old theories, revealing the rich history, innovation and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2024
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NF EASSummary: Unlock mysteries and uncover lost history with the experts as they use yesteryear's technology to recreate five ancient engineering marvels and to discover what daily life was really like in these communities. Travel around the globe from China to Egypt and take a fresh, "hands-on" look at mankind's greatest cultures and civilizations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: Blind prophets of Easter Island: Since the Polynesian island's discovery in 1722, the lost, ancient civilization of Easter Island has left a baffling legacy of riddles. Jacques Cousteau and the Calypso crew undertake land and underwater explorations and interview leading experts. Among the questions they tackle: who created the ancient, once-revered giant stone figures? Why do volcanic rock...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video [distributor] 2005
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Summary: "Unearth the secrets of the mysterious giant stone statues on this tiny remote Pacific island. Easter Island, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from anywhere, has intrigued visitors since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s. How didpeople first come to live there? How did they build the enormous statues and why? How were they placed around the island without carts or even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J900 WHE BASKETUnderwood, Deborah.
Summary: Discussion of the enigmatic human-like rock statues on Easter Island, their significance, and how they may have gotten there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press/Thomson Gale 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 996.18 UNDRaum, Elizabeth.
Summary: "Describes the statues of Easter Island, one of the ancient wonders of the world, including theories on how they were built, the people who built them, and what the statues are like today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in J Non Fic Series, Call number: J 996.18 RAUSchalansky, Judith
Summary: The Atlas of Remote Islands, Judith Schalansky’s beautiful and deeply personal account of the islands that have held a place in her heart throughout her lifelong love of cartography, has captured the imaginations of readers everywhere. Using historic events and scientific reports as a springboard, she creates a story around each island: fantastical, inscrutable stories, mixtures of fact and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2014