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rapa nui statues

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2019.03.29

So it turns out the famous "Easter island" statues are only found near sources of fresh water. Perhaps they were property markers for those families or groups that controlled (or depended on, anyway) the water there?

rand()m quote

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.

—Voltaire