Easter Rising

The Easter Island or Isla de Pascua covers roughly 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean 2,300 miles from Chiles west coast. It currently has 887 still existing statues averaging 13 feet tall carved out of tuff which is the light, porous rock formed by consolidated volcanic ash on the island which proved that there was a rich culture among the settlers which first discovered it. These staues were placed on ceremonial stone platforms called ahus however till this day there is no information…

no absolute verified foundation for their certainty of the truth or realness of something” - Wikipedia. Is there really a god or is it just another fictional character that we are instilled to believe in like Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, or the Easter Bunny. Why is it that we are told there is only one god but other countries can believe in more then one? I can say that, I am not a true believer of god but I do believe that there is a higher being. Over the past twenty-seven years, I was…

Easter Island is said to have formed from three converging volcanos about 7500 years ago. It is also believed to be the most remote spot on Earth making it an amazing thing that people happened upon it and made it their home. These people lived on a thriving island for hundreds of years before the downfall and ultimately their near destruction. Napa Nui are the people who occupied Easter Island and are said to have been religious and superstitious, giving the belief that the mysterious 850 or…

many of which are birds or other animal forms, engraved with every second line being upside down. The text is said to be read from left to right, bottom to top, which is also known as the reverse boustrophedon (Bahn, 1996). This famous enigma of Easter Island was first dated in 2003 with the use of the accelerator mass spectrometry technique and was concluded to have a 95% probability of being created in 1680 and 1740 AD (Orliac, 2005). They were discovered in the 19th century on the small…

Virginia Woolf once said, "As long as she thinks of a man, nobody objects to a woman thinking." What she meant by this is that women are far too often put down for thinking of anyone but the “man” in her life. Before modern civilization, women were told that they couldn’t think for themselves or get an education, that they needed to stay in the shadows while men take all the glory. Though the standards of women have greatly changed, especially for women who live in the United States, women are…

You were currently sitting on Tim's very clean couch. He laid down a plastic cover the couch and you brought a towel to sit just in case the plastic decided not to cover the couch either. You placed your face inside the cracks of your hands, having absolutely no idea what to do. You could either A) Leave and Find something then come back with it or B) See what Tim's up to right now. Pondering over which option you wanted to consider, you went with option B and got, leaving the forsaken, shiny…

Easter Island can be a representation of today’s modern world view and actions. Historians speculate that the people from Easter Island became extinct due to the society using too many resources too quickly. Due to the island being so being so remote they only had a small amount of resources that they could use. With the people not realizing that they have a limited resource base they used many trees to move a lot of the stones around the island. This is what caused a chain of events to occur.…

Moai Statues I believe that the Moai statues were rolled in stead of walked. I say this because one they did have enough people to roll the statues. Two they could have cut down trees to roll the statues on. Lastly if they used the walking method for the statues, the statues could have been destroyed. Now I will go into my first reason which is they used trees. In the article it states that they cut down alot of trees to roll the statues on. I believe that they can use the same word over and…

they should speed up time to stop Santa from delivering all the presents on Christmas Eve/Christmas Morning. This is caused by the small feud between Father Time and Santa. As the story continues, Santa enlists in the help of the Tooth Fairy, The Easter Bunny, and Cupid, as well as his head elf, Bernard to help stop Father Time from speeding up time. The five work together to stop him and in the end, Father Time realizes that he should not be speeding up time, but instead should be spending…

Nuu-Chah-Nulth The Nuu-chah-nulth people are a group of First Nations. Firstly, they live on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and are divided into 14 Nations. The 14 Nations are then divided into 3 regions: Southern Region, Central Region, and Northern Region. The Ditidaht Nation, Huu-ay-aht Nation, Hupacasath Nation, Tse-shaht Nation, and Uchucklesaht Nation belong to the Southern Region. The Ahousaht Nation, Hesquiaht Nation, Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, Toquaht Nation, and Yuu-cluth-aht Nation…