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• Easter Island : the statues and rock art of Rapa Nui
  A record of the Bradshaw Foundation's visit to the island in 1995 for the annual festival. Includes lecture film.
  
  
• Easter Island and its mysteries / by Dr. Stéphen-Chauvet ; translated by Ann M. Altman ; edited by Shawn McLaughlin
  English translation of Stéphen-Chauvet's "L'île de Pâques et ses mystères," which describes Easter Island and its people, including their culture, religion, arts, and history.
  
  
• Easter Island Statue Project
  Information on the Easter Island Statue Project, an artifact inventory conducted within the context of an Easter Island archaeological survey. Site includes links to relevant archaeological organisations and information on Easter Island history.
  
  
• Easter Island
  General information on the history of Easter Island. Describes the distinctive cultural developments that produced the statues of Easter Island, known as Moai. Provides a tour of the island, a bibliography and links to other sites.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Instituto de Estudios Isla de Pascua
  Describes the archaeological investigation, conservation and restoration work carried out on Easter Island by the Insituto de Estudios Isla de Pascua. Includes a list of publications.
  
  
• Museo Antropologico P. Sebastian Englert
  MAPSE collects and researches the archaeological and cultural heritage of Easter Island and the Rapanui people. Includes virtual exhibitions, Recorrido Virtual por la Exhibicion.
  
  
• RapaNui central
  Easter Islands history and culture, photos and postage stamps.
  
  
• 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.