Easter Island: The Secrets of the Moai and the Decline of the Rapa Nui

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Source/Further reading:

Five things to do
https://www.atlasobscura.com/things-t...

Thor Heyerdal
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/thor/
https://www.kon-tiki.no/expeditions/e...

The Rapa Nui
https://theculturetrip.com/south-amer...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...

Secrets and History of Easter Island, including function of the Moai:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tr...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/13/world/...
https://listverse.com/2014/08/19/10-f...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/...
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

Prof Diamond’s Ecocide theory:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/200...

Dr Jarman’s and Prof Lipo’s counter-theories:
https://theconversation.com/the-truth...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/20...

Unesco site, many pictures and videos available here:
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/715/