 Easter Island, undoubtedly one of our favorite ancient places, not only does its existence resonate with the mission of our channel, but its volumes of compelling stories, legends, and still existing ruins makes it one of the most intriguing places to explore anywhere on Earth. Not only are there legends of a magical earth force known as Mana, having once been responsible for the as-yet unexplained movement and placement of the gigantic moi statues that can be found littering the coastlines, but there were also endless tales of astonishing bravery, often attached to feats of survival. It is believed that over its long history, several catastrophic population crashes have befallen the islanders. In particular, according to the geology of the island, took place a very long time ago. Once covered in thick forests, dense trees fed by the fertile lands at some point within antiquity, these forests experienced extreme and rapid deforestation. It is currently not known what happened to the wood acquired, but it is possible that just like the enormous statues, and indeed the inhabitants at the time, were buried under landslides, which occurred after the forests were felled. The island of Easter is, in fact, an entire buried treasure. The inhabitants at the time of this deforestation, and quite possibly their entire existence, was once buried under enormous landslides. These remains, possibly preserved under several meters of earth, still found upon the island. What's compelling regarding the buried remains is that they could indeed be those of the people who were once responsible for the movement of the statues. A fragment of a civilization that we have long stated is not a mere few thousand years old, but very possibly a pre-ice age, world going, highly advanced civilization once capable of moving stones we are yet to explain the placements of. Could there quite possibly be perfectly preserved, highly advanced ancient ruins, buried under many meters of earth all over the extremely remote Easter islands? Furthermore, could there actually be existing evidence, or possibly, the lost technology responsible for moving such stones still within the reach of being publicly exposed, and out of the reach of conspiratorial powers who would, if capable of such a task, excavate such sites and hide away these controversial features? What's buried on Easter Island? Could it, ironically, turn out to actually be a metaphysical Easter egg, a valuable jewel in the crown of alternative, antiquarian researchers the world over? Easter Island is undoubtedly an incredible place, and one which still has much to show the world regarding our past. It's an amazing thought that a tiny place, thousands of miles out within the ocean, could hold an ancient secret capable of affecting all of us. There are many unexplained ancient mysteries upon the small and unimaginably remote Easter Island within Polynesia. Guarded by a barrier of sea some thousand miles in span on all sides, thus we have often postulated that anyone who found the island without sophisticated global navigational techniques, any soul lost at sea, would have been extremely lucky to land on its shores, but in a bitter sweet twist of fate would have known they would never see their homelands again. We feel the evidence present on the island, for a now lost civilization is all but overwhelming, not only for the impressive and rather intimidating Moai, which litter it shores, each created out of many tons of solid stone, yet somehow, at some time in the very distant past, were moved to their current resting places, a mystery as large as the construction of the pyramids, it has baffled all that have tried to explain them. But there also exists a series of texts, just as enigmatic, and so far, undeciphered. Known as Rongo-Rongo, not only have many of the surviving texts been lost, stolen or destroyed over the centuries, but even the official hypothesis put forward, we feel oozes with deception techniques. Quote, several scholars have suggested that Rongo-Rongo may have been an invention inspired by the Spanish visit in 1770, via the signing of the Treaty of Annexation. As circumstantial evidence, they note that no explorer reported the script prior to Eugene E. Rod in 1864, and are of the opinion that the marks which the chiefs signed the Spanish Treaty resembled Rongo-Rongo. The hypothesis of these researchers is that the concept of writing had been conveyed in a process, anthropologist term, Transcultural Diffusion, which then inspired the islanders to invent their own system of writing. If this is the case, then Rongo-Rongo emerged, flourished, fell into oblivion, and was all but forgotten within a span of less than a hundred years. End quote. We do of course have our own hypothesis. We feel that these writings were present prior to 1770, and that we can prove it. The woods used came from many places all over the world, not just from native trees. A number of the surviving tablets were made from an old shipwreck, suggesting that the wood upon the island had all but ran out when these astonishing texts were created. This to us suggests they were hastily made in an attempt to preserve the island's secret knowledge, knowledge possibly covered up after it was realized what many of these tablets detailed. For it is known that ancient citizens of the island even wore wood clothing. The importance of this material to the ancient dwellers there is undeniable. Yet all these writings were made upon surviving scraps, driftwoods, and wrecks upon the island, a very rare event indeed. Yet by the time these tablets were documented in the 1800s, no importance to the writings were displayed by any inhabitants. Some tablets even reportedly being used to fashion a driftwood canoe. Additionally, why would these islanders have gone to such length with shark teeth to create a random sequence of patterns upon driftwood? Why would they not have known of writing? There would have been outsiders landing on the island periodically over the ages, not forgetting the other unexplained enigmas on the island. We feel our hypothesis more fitting of the evidence at hand. Only time will tell who were closer to the mark. What was Rongo Rongo? What do these tablets really detail? It is a mystery which we find highly compelling. East Island. One of the most remote places on earth and undoubtedly one of the most amazing. Before its official discovery in the late 1700s, this speck of rock was thought to be just a legend. Shipwreck souls from across the world lucky enough to make it there, lived out the remainder of their days in complete isolation. Resulting in the island being inhabited with the mixed race population, it was a long held belief that it had only been inhabited for a few thousand years. However, certain talented people have discovered remarkable things upon this small land mass that says otherwise and supports native accounts of the island's vast history. What if I were to tell you that not only is there an ancient pyramid being hidden near the island, but that grid lines scour into the face of East Island. Plot exact lines to multiple ancient sites in Egypt, including the pyramids in Giza. On the Abirah party lays a very ancient and very little known pyramid, just what exactly is East Island doing with pyramids and land features which are clearly connected? Legend describes East Island as having once been part of a much larger country. Successive ice ages during the Pleistocene would have lowered sea level by at least 100 meters and possibly far more, making East Island far larger than it is today. If we can prove in the near future that there are indeed ancient ruins that litter the underwater shelf surrounding East Island we will for the first time in history, prove the existence of advanced civilization prior to the last Ice Age, some 11,000 years ago. H. F. Blandford pointed out back in 1890, quote, there is clear proof that some land areas lying within continental limits have within a comparatively recent date, been submerged over a thousand fathoms. What's more, there is strong evidence to suggest land masses recently been submerged as well, due to countless Moai statues found underwater around the island. End quote. Easter Island lies some 500 kilometers east of the crest of a submerged mountain range, called the East Pacific Rise, within the so-called Easter Fracture Zone. The island is believed to be the summit of an immense mountain formed by volcanic activity. It owes its triangular shape to three volcanoes located at its corners, Poik, Rhino-Kau and Terrivaka. In addition to these main volcanic centers there are at least 70 known subsidiary eruptive centers. The oldest lava flows have been dated at up to three million years old, did a large eruption literally sink a majority of the Easter Island land mass, and if so, just what kind of ancient wonders were placed upon this lost land? What was Easter Island? And what happened to it? The more we learn in regards to its specific location and secrets, the more important it seems to become.