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The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: The Mamari Tablet Tells (Part 1)
Sergei Rjabchikov
The ancient priest-astronomers constantly watched many heavenly bodies. The record about Halley's Comet of 1682 A.D. has been decoded completely. Good agreement between it and the…
The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: Aldebaran and the Pleiades
Sergei Rjabchikov
There is a good cause to assert that the Easter Islanders constantly watched Aldebaran and the Pleiades in the past. The Russian scholar Irina K. Fedorova and the American scholar…
The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: Canopus and the Legendary King Hotu-Matua
Sergei Rjabchikov
Watchings of Canopus as a herald of the winter were important duties of ancient priests-astronomers on Easter Island. All the analysed data witness that this star was observed duri…
The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: Kirch's Comet
Sergei Rjabchikov
A fragment of the folklore text "Apai" that was once put down on Easter Island contains a report about astronomical observations of Kirch's Comet or the Great Comet of 1680-1681 A.…
On the Observations of the Sun in Polynesia
Sergei Rjabchikov
The role of the Polynesian sun god Tagaloa has been studied. The Polynesian characters Maui-tikitiki, Tane and Tiki were related to the sun as well. The solar data of Easter Island…
A Note on the Rapanui Lunar Calendar
Sergei Rjabchikov
This paper is dedicated to the research of secrets of Easter Island (Rapa Nui), a remote plot of land in the Pacific; the article contains not only ethnological data, but also some…