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Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of birdmen (with beak) and the creation god Make make.
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Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of bird...

Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of birdmen (with beak) and the creation god Make make.
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Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of bird...

Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of birdmen (with beak) and the creation god Make make.
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Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of bird...

Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of birdmen (with beak) and the creation god Make make.
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Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of bird...

Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of birdmen (with beak) and the creation god Make make.
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Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of bird...

Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of birdmen (with beak) and the creation god Make make.
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Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of bird...

Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of birdmen (with beak) and the creation god Make make.
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Rocks in Orongo, on the slopes of Rano Raku volcano, show petroglyphs of bird...

Stonehouses with roof vaults in Orongo housed the visitors attending the birdman-rites, a fertility cult in which young boys from the different clans tried to fetch the first egg of the sea-swallow from a near-by island.
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Stonehouses with roof vaults in Orongo housed the visitors attending the b...

Stonehouses with roof vaults in Orongo housed the visitors attending the birdman-rites, a fertility cult in which young boys from the different clans tried to fetch the first egg of the sea-swallow from a near-by island.
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Stonehouses with roof vaults in Orongo housed the visitors attending the b...

As the birdman-cult flourished,ancient ahis(altars) and their statues were overthrown.The island is strewn with abandoned moai-statues.
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As the birdman-cult flourished,ancient ahis(altars) and their statues were o...

One of the rare,shallow graves found on Easter Island.
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One of the rare,shallow graves found on Easter Island.