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Easter Island: The Truth Revealed
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Easter Island: The Truth Revealed

Feb 28, 2018
1h 27m
★ 7.0

Overview

This is a tiny island, lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. But it stirs up passions: the Easter Island. Because it owns one of the most precious treasures of humanity: the famous stone statues called moai. Who was this Rapa Nui people who created such a masterpiece? Where did these men and women come from? How did they disappear ?

Genres

Documentary
TV Movie

Production Companies

SBS

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