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The Easter Island Statues 复活节岛是地球上最孤独的一个岛屿。这个面积仅有163平方公里的三角形小岛位于东太平洋，往东越过3600公里的海面才能见到大陆（智利海岸）。它离太平洋上的其他岛屿也相当遥远，离它最近的有人居住的岛屿是皮特凯恩岛，远在西边2000公里处。迟至1722年4月5日，该岛的原居民才与外界有了接触，那是由荷兰航海家雅可布·洛加文（Jakob Roggeven）率领的一支114人的三艘战舰。洛加文发现它的时候，在海图上用墨笔记下了一个点，在旁边写上“复活节岛”，因为这一天正好是基督教的复活节。从此该岛以“复活节岛”为人所知。但是现在人类学界一般将它叫做拉帕努伊岛（Rapa Nui），这是十九世纪中叶波利尼西亚人对它的称呼；岛上原居民被称做拉帕努伊人，他们讲的方言被称做拉帕努伊语。我们无法确切地知道原居民除了把这个岛屿称做特凯恩加（te kainga）意即“大地”之外，还有没有特别的名称。据说，有一种从其祖先传下来的名称叫“特－皮托－特－何努阿”（Te-Pito-te-Henua），它一度被译成“世界的肚脐”， Lava tubes and pounding waves have created hundreds of sea caves and a treacherous coastline. There are only a few small areas that are safe for anchorages. Located in the South Pacific between Chile and Tahiti, Easter Island is one of the most isolated inhabited islands in the world. Roughly triangular and covering only 64 square miles, it formed when a plume of hot material rose from deep within Earths interior, burned through the crust and erupted onto the surface as lava. Today, volcanic cones are found at each point of the island. The largest, Rano Kau is easily visible from space. How did the first inhabitants of Easter Island arrive? It is the most remote inhabited island on Earth. The coast of Chile lies 2,300 miles to the east, Tahiti 2,500 miles to the northwest, and the nearest island, with a total population of 54 people, is tiny Pitcairn island, 1,400 miles to the west. The answer lies in the deeply-rooted traditions of Polynesian culture. ? “令人惊讶的是，复活节岛的居民称自己居住的地方为‘世界的肚脐’。这种叫法，一开始人们并不理解，直到后来航天飞机上的宇航员从高空岛瞰地球时，才发现这种叫法完全没错－－复活节岛孤悬在浩瀚的太平洋上，确实跟一个小小的‘肚脐’一模一样。难道古代的岛民也曾从高空俯瞰过自己的岛屿吗？假如确实如此，那又是谁，用什么飞行器把他们带到高空的呢？” Map of Easter Island The West Island consists of Orongo and the area around Hanga Roa. Tahai is the most accessible group of Moai by foot from Hanga Roa, the only town, and where you will stay if you visit.? This site was restored between 1968 and 1972 by a group led by archaeologist William Mulloy.? The moai res