Rapa Nui Obsidian Discovery: Did the Islanders sail to America?
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Rapa-Nui-obsidian.jpg?itok=OtlbWJGw" width="610" height="406" alt="The foodstuffs found on the obsidian blades at Anakena in Rapa Nui suggest the islanders made the voyage to South America and returned. Source: F.C.G. / Adobe Stock." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>It has long been thought that the people of Rapa Nui (popularly called Easter Island) lived a largely isolated existence, cut off from other lands by the vast and treacherous ocean.? </p>
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