Sydney International Airport has been in chaos as the reduced staff numbers are unable to handle the number of Aussies hoping to get away during the Easter holidays, with the queues for check-in and security ending outside. For many Aussies, it would be the first time they have flown since the borders opened after almost […]
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Easter Island and the Mysteries of the Moai
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui , is a remote Chilean island a few thousand kilometers west of South America in the Pacific Ocean. Described as an archaeological Disneyland, the island has entered popular imagination thanks to the existence of 887 giant monolithic statues named moai which have puzzled academics since they were first spotted […]
3D Analysis Uncovers Hidden Details in Easter Island Rongorongo Tablet
Easter Island is best known for its gigantic stone monumental statues . But it has produced a number of other intriguing artifacts, including wooden rongorongo tablets and other items inscribed with a type of pictorial writing that is wholly unique to the island. Developed by the indigenous Rapa Nui people, this script—known as rongorongo—is comprised […]
Pre-Contact Easter Island Society Didn’t Experience Ecologically-Induced Collapse, Study Suggests
Pre-Contact Easter Island Society Didn’t Experience Ecologically-Induced Collapse, Study Suggests Jul 14, 2021 by News Staff Easter Island (Rapa Nui in the native language), a small volcanic island in southeastern Polynesia, has long been the focus of debate regarding the impact of environmental and climatic changes on its human population. Rapanui people. Image credit: Santiago […]
President Trump: ‘Happy Easter to the Deep State Who Rigged Our Election’
President Trump issued an Easter message to the Deep State on Sunday, wishing them a Happy Easter. “Happy Easter to ALL, including the Radical Left CRAZIES who rigged our Presidential Election, and want to destroy our Country!” Trump said in a statement on Sunday. You can unsubscribe any time. By subscribing you agree to our […]
COVID spike pushes Polish hospitals to the brink over Easter weekend
Hospitals in Poland struggled over the Easter weekend following a surge in coronavirus cases. Some 40,000 cases were confirmed in each of the two weeks leading up to Easter weekend, leading to a large influx of COVID-19 patients, amid a surge in infections across central and eastern Europe. There have been reports in Polish media […]
University warns advisors not to use words like “Christmas” and “Easter” because they are not inclusive holidays.
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WATCH: Troopers Surprise Girl Who Lost Parents with Easter Basket and Gifts
State troopers in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut joined forces to make Easter special for a little girl who recently lost her parents. Connecticut State Police shared a video Saturday of troopers delivering the big surprise, masslive.com reported. “New Hampshire State Troopers met Eyvie a few months ago when she tragically lost both of her […]
Police Show up at London Church on Easter Sunday, After Shutting Down Good Friday Mass
Parishioners have accused London police of trying to find lockdown rule-breaking during an Easter Sunday service to justify having shut down a Good Friday mass at a Polish church. The Christ the King Polish Roman Catholic Church in Balham, Wandsworth, south London, came to prominence over the weekend after several police officers raided the place of […]
PICS: Singing Hymns Through Masks, Christians Mark Pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with faithful sitting far apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday conditioned by pandemic precautions. From Protestant churches in South Korea to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, worshippers followed national or local regulations […]
Seek Post-COVID Renewal, Holy Land Archbishop Urges on Easter Sunday
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads Easter Sunday Mass amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City April 4, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun With Jerusalem emerging from COVID-19 curbs and the faithful flocking there again, Easter Sunday brought a message of renewal from the traditional […]
An Easter reflection from the Holy City of Jerusalem
“The Feast of All Feasts, the Season of All Seasons” Jerusalem is the venerated city for the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. No one faith or people has an exclusive right to claim Jerusalem as theirs alone. It is the City of Peace. But peace is denied the people because there is no […]
The story of Easter, from Passover to chocolate eggs
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Do Passover eggs and Easter eggs have a shared origin?
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Inexplicable Similarities Between Göbekli Tepe, Easter Island, And Other Ancient Sites
Design elements present at Göbekli Tepe are also found in Easter Island on the massive Moai Statues, in Tiahuanaco, and other ancient sites around the globe. How’s this possible? Despite the fact that we’ve studied our ancestors, their cultures, their origin, and their way of life, we have failed to answer many questions related to […]
Germany: Merkel apologises and scraps plans for five-day Easter lockdown
Angela Merkel has apologised and admitted an error over plans to impose a five-day shutdown in Germany over Easter. Speaking on Wednesday afternoon, Germany’s chancellor scrapped the proposal, which had provoked criticism and confusion. “An error must be called an error and, more importantly, it must be corrected and if possible in time,” said Merkel. […]