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The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: The Mamari Tablet Tells (Part 3)
Sergei Rjabchikov
One of main events on Rapanui before the cruel war (several wars) between the Hanau Momoko and Hanau Eepe was the annual election of the bird-man. Plainly, the local priest-astrono…
The Ancient Astronomy of Easter Island: The Mamari Tablet Tells (Part 2)
Sergei Rjabchikov
The beginning of the calendar record inscribed on the Mamari tablet has been dated to the day of the summer solstice of December 20, 1680 A.D. The moon was not visible earlier at n…
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.…