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1. Celts, Medieval Monks, and Pirates: The Secrets of the Cíes Islands

   Paradisiacal islands near the city of Vigo in the Pontevedra district of ... place. It is unknown why – maybe because one of the islands has one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, ... Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island Juana Maria, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas ...

   Natalia Klimczak - 26/09/2016 - 21:57

2. Real-Life Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island

   Pitcairn Island is a place so remote, and with a history so ... isolation, along with struggles for power, the Pitcairn population rapidly diminished due to murder, ... A Remote Land Pitcairn Island is one of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that make up the ...

   Joanna Gillan - 27/07/2018 - 00:05

3. Mysterious Cocaine Mummies: Do They Prove Ancient Voyages Between Egypt and Americas?

   ... of cultural traditions as seen in Peru and the Canary Islands where evidence of trepanning and mummification has ... beyond the presently accepted figures. Manu People Reached Pitcairn Island Pitcairn Island , an isolated volcanic formation which lies ...

   J.P. Robinson - 19/01/2019 - 18:50

4. Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area on Norfolk Island was Hell in Paradise

   ... the 13 th or 14 th century, but they later abandoned the islands. Norfolk Island is one of the few areas in Australian ... was of strategic importance and encouraged people from the Pitcairn Islands to settle on Norfolk.  Many of these were ... The area also has some of the first dwellings of the Pitcairn Islanders who were brought to the island after the ...

   Ed Whelan - 28/11/2018 - 01:38

5. The Age-Old Mystery of New Zealand’s Tamil Bell

   ... to Bali in current-day Indonesia. Furthermore, the Spice Islands of West New Guinea, where nutmeg, mace, and cloves ... of a fleet by the Portuguese emperor to secure the Spice Islands. From the 1490s, the Portuguese became a major player ... being incorporated 200 years ago. For example, on the Pitcairn Islands, where only one Englishman lived with eight ...

   Jake Leigh-Howarth - 13/03/2022 - 13:59

6. The Cataclysm of Easter Island - The Strange Rongorongo Script (Part 2)

   ... few people were quickly dying out, some taken to the guano islands in Peru. The French author and archeologist Franis ... to Hawaii, must have managed to arrive at Easter Island. Pitcairn Island, the nearest island to the north, was ... but there was evidence of statues on that island as well. Pitcairn may have been a stopover island between Tahiti and ...

   davidchildress - 09/07/2013 - 12:06

7. Mauritius: From Conquests to Naval Battles, Piracy and a Long-Awaited Independence

   ... of the dodo, solitaire, and other extinct birds of the islands Mauritius, Rodriguez and Bourbon" (1848) ( Public ... Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island The oldest structure in Mauritius, the ...

   micki pistorius - 01/12/2017 - 13:52

8. DNA Study Unravels Mystery Behind Origins of First Pacific Islanders

   ... ago, and were among the first people to live in these islands. The results overturn the leading genetic model for ... of Papuan DNA -- the people from New Guinea and Solomon Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago all have this much-older ... Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island From Easter Island to Hawaii: Was there a ...

   ancient-origins - 05/10/2016 - 00:40

9. European Dolmens in Colombia - The Mysterious Ruins of San Augustin

   ... in Easter Island and other Polynesian and Micronesian Islands such as Ponape, Malden, Pitcairn and the Marquesas. Indeed, the ruins appear to ...

   Hugh Newman - 25/03/2014 - 12:00

10. The Lost World of Socotra: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth

    ... ( CC by SA 2.0 ) Socotra is part of an archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean about 250 km (155 miles) off the ... Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island The Cataclysm of Easter Island Age of First ...

    aprilholloway - 03/09/2017 - 19:03

11. Maori Artifacts Indicate Early Polynesian Settlement on New Zealand Island

    ... early Polynesian settlement near the northern tip of the islands that could have been discovered by some of the first ... early Polynesian settlement near the northern tip of the islands that could have been discovered by some of the first ... Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island New research suggests early contact between ...

    Theodoros Karasavvas - 11/08/2017 - 22:54

12. Easter Island and the Mysteries of the Moai

    ... the South American coast, and 1,900 km (1,200 mi) from Pitcairn Island. When explorers encountered the giant  moai ... it was once covered in trees. When Europeans reached the islands they commented on its arid nature. On spotting the ...

    Cecilia Bogaard - 06/03/2022 - 14:00