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Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?

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Moai. It's a Lot of Vowels Together.

There's a volcano there called Rayno Rahu. And in the pits of this volcano, they have this volcanic ash,. This rock is very lightweight even though these things still weigh a lot. Originally it's tinted in like orange and ochre. At first they would start around 1200 AD or what do you say now? CE. CE. But even that is kind of a nod to that whole thing.

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