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• Genealogy on the small Santiago tablet? / Jacques Guy
  A brief summary of the following article: Butinov, Nikolai A. and Yuri V. Knorozov. 1957. Preliminary report on the study of the written language of Easter Island. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 66/1.
  
  
• Hōkūle`a: the voyage to Rapa Nui Hōkūle`a : Hawaii's first double-hulled canoe sails again / by Susan Kreifels
  The Hōkūle`a, Hawaii's first traditional voyaging canoe and symbol of native Hawaiian resurgence, sets sail for Rapa Nui (Easter Island). This last sail of the century will complete the triangle of ancient migration routes the Hawaiians have retraced through the Pacific. The page, part of the Honolulu star-bulletin web site, describes and then illustrates the way the Hōkūle`a and crew attempts to recreate the voyages of the first Polynesians. The 1999 voyage was to Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Link to the Polynesian Voyaging Society site.
  
  
• Petroglyphs
  Thousands of petroglyphs (rock carvings) can be found on Easter Island. Many represent animals, notably birds or anthropomorphic birdmen. This web page provides a very brief description of the birdman ritual, with examples of petroglyphs.
  
  
• Rongorongo home page
  About the Easter Island writing system. Written by Sergei V. Ri·a·bchikov.
  
  
• Secrets of Easter Island
  The NOVA Online site of a television programme which tells the story of a team of archaeologists and a 75-person crew who sought to unravel a central mystery of Easter Island: how the hundreds of giant stone statues that dominate the island's coast were moved and erected. For one month, the team struggled to raise a 10-ton moai, using only the tools and materials available to the ancient Easter Islanders. The site includes a description of the sights and sounds of Easter Island; information on its lost civilisation; and resources.
  
  
• Several Rongorongo records : symbolism of archaic beliefs / Sergei V. Rjabchikov
  Article by Sergei V. Ri·a·bchikov examining a new portion of the Rongorongo records (the script of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui).