Stephanie Benson • Damn Interesting https://www.damninteresting.com/author/agent-benny/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:32:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 The Other Mystery of Easter Island https://www.damninteresting.com/the-other-mystery-of-easter-island/ https://www.damninteresting.com/the-other-mystery-of-easter-island/#comments Tue, 26 Dec 2006 20:15:53 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=710 The Other Mystery of Easter Island:

Easter Island is branded into popular consciousness as the home of the mysterious and towering moai statues, but these are not the only curiosity the South Pacific island holds. Where the moai are fascinating for their unknown purpose and mysterious craftsmen, the island’s lost language of Rongorongo is equally perplexing. The unique written language seems […]

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The legend of King Arthur is an enduring one, so popular that it has been shared for centuries. The earliest accounts are simple: A heroic king rescues his country. The story evolved over the centuries, and further elements such as Camelot, the Round Table, and Merlin were added in for flavor. Some versions of the […]

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