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The Mystery Of Easter Island One may wonder about the mystery of Easter Island, is it a myth just like mermaids and aliens. Well, the mystery of how the statues got there has been proven in so many ways. Although, the most efficient way is by walking the statues. First and foremost, the Rapanui people never had enough people to move the statues by rolling them. As the text says,”... Lipo and Hunt believe the Rapanui population reached no more than 3,000 people,” (pg.11, ¶1). Also, the text…

from Roanoke Island really disappear or did get attacked by indian tribes? Start your reason 2 There had been three different groups of people that had disappeared from Roanoke Island. The first group arrived in 1984 and came to the island to map it out for resources. The second group arrived in 1985 and was there for military and scientific reasons. The third group arrived in 1987. A colonist named John White, which had come from the third group, had returned to Roanoke Island after a…

Have you ever heard of the Roanoke colony? Most people haven’t. Due to the fact that it wasn’t a successful colony, most history books don't talk about it. In this essay, I will argue that the Roanoke Colony is just as important as any other settlement, such as the Jamestown settlement. The Roanoke settlers were nowhere to be found after they tried to explore the “new world”. One hundred and seventeen men, women and children just gone. All that was left was their weapons, the letters (C-R-O)…

Roanoke island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration. The lost colonists were the third group of English arrivals on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island, settling near the modern-day town of Manteo. Roanoke Island was the site of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, the first English colony in the New World. It was…

The Keck Observatory in Maunakea, Hawaii has made some amazing discoveries over the years, making it one of the most powerful telescopes in the world. Hawaii is a perfect place to have an observatory because it is located on a 13,796 foot summit with very few city lights to pollute the sky around it (Keck, n.d.). Also, the atmosphere in Hawaii for the majority of the year is clear and dry offering the best look at the sky above us. According to Keck’s website, Keck Observatory consists of two…

Pythagoras was the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician who lived in the sixth century B.C. In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem is known as a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle. This theorem was named after him. For example, a right triangle is a triangle with a right angle; square corners adjacent sides also called square corners of the triangle beside it; hypotenuse is the side opposite the right angle. In the figure below, a and b…

The origin of the roller coaster comes from Russia, in a particular area of what would later become St. Petersburg , where they sent sledders down 70-foot high slopes that were wood-framed ice slides. They have been doing this as early as the 16th century. The roller coasters were built out of wood with ice more than two but not a lot of inches thick covering the surface. There were stairs attached to the back of the slide that the riders climbed and then they sped down the fifty degree drop…

smelling, cold prison cell with water dripping down the walls from the ceiling and hardly ever seeing daylight. This is what the prisoners in prison experience on a daily bases. Alcatraz was federal prison that was built on a twelve acre, solid rock island exactly one mile from the mainland with no roads or bridges to escape. Alcatraz, a prison in the San Francisco Bay that many famous people went to and dunknown details. Wardens and guards who worked at the prison did not know there were…

In the novel “Orca Soundings” by Kristin Butcher, there is a group of boys who enjoy playing soccer in an abandoned parking lot. The group of boys all had tattoos, dressed in baggy clothes, and they only cared about themselves. Until one day when the group of guys were just sauntering down the street ready to play soccer, something made their stomachs drop. There was a newly constructed mall right where they played soccer. There was even a new convenient store next to it. They got filled with…

14. Discuss the Kula Ring of the Trobriand Islands: what is it, how does it function, and what symbolic and practical significance does it have for Trobrianders? (10 Points) The Trobiand Island is populated by a society who are horticulturalists. The Kula Ring is practiced by Trobiand islanders where they exchange for ceremonial reasons. There are two important traditional items called the Soulava and the Mwali. The Soulava is a symbolic item, it is a necklace of red shell move in clockwise.…