[ExI] BBC Easter Island documentary

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Tue Feb 4 23:51:53 UTC 2014


I've just watched a 90 mins documentary reviewing the latest data on
Easter Island.

It claims that the Easter Island population was flourishing when first
contacted by the Dutch in 1722. But 50 years later, in 1774, Captain
Cook found some statues toppled and the population dying. Later slave
traders and smallpox almost completely destroyed the population.

It is a long video, but worth the time spent.

<http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03srmm6/Easter_Island_Mysteries_of_a_Lost_World/>


BillK



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