The Mystery of Rapa Nui - What Caused the Fall of Easter Island?

Описание: Easter Island – or Rapa Nui as its indigenous population called it – lies thousands of miles out in the Pacific Ocean and has baffled researchers ever since it was discovered in the 17th century. Once, it was an oasis of 16 million palm trees, its coast lined by hundreds of Moai, statues of several tons each. Then, suddenly, the forest vanished, and the Moai were toppled. Why did the civilization of the enigmatic Moai perish?
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