Lost Lost CivilizatioCivilizatio

nsnsWhat happened?What happened?

Where did they go?Where did they go?Were they real?Were they real?

Easter IslandEaster Island

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Easter Island is over 2,000 miles from the Easter Island is over 2,000 miles from the nearest population center, (Tahiti and nearest population center, (Tahiti and

Chile), making it one of the most isolated Chile), making it one of the most isolated places on Earth.places on Earth.

Easter IslandEaster Island• ““On average, they stand 13 On average, they stand 13

feet high and weigh 14 tons, feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form carved in the male form from rough hardened from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they call them "moai," and they have puzzled ethnographers, have puzzled ethnographers, archaeologists, and visitors archaeologists, and visitors to the island since the first to the island since the first European explorers arrived European explorers arrived here in 1722”. here in 1722”.

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• How and why did its How and why did its inhabitants carve and inhabitants carve and transport the massive transport the massive statues which statues which surround the island? surround the island?

• What remains of this What remains of this culture today, and culture today, and what lessons can we what lessons can we learn from their learn from their legacy?legacy?    

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MayansMayansWhere the rain forests of Where the rain forests of

Guatemala now stand, Guatemala now stand, a great civilization once a great civilization once flourished. The people flourished. The people of Mayan society built of Mayan society built vast cities, ornate vast cities, ornate temples, and towering temples, and towering pyramids. But in 900 pyramids. But in 900 A.D. for unknown and A.D. for unknown and unclear reasons, the unclear reasons, the Mayans left their cities. Mayans left their cities. What happened? What happened?

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• Some people say a Some people say a drought caused them drought caused them to leave other say it to leave other say it was competition was competition between the people between the people for food that lead to for food that lead to the sudden the sudden disappearance. disappearance.

• Many people have Many people have opinions on this event opinions on this event but none of them are but none of them are 100 percent certain. 100 percent certain. And so, they are still And so, they are still evaluating the cause evaluating the cause for this mystery for this mystery disappearance.disappearance.library.thinkquest.org/11577/art.

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Bermuda TriangleBermuda Triangle•The Bermuda The Bermuda

Triangle. It is Triangle. It is the greatest the greatest modern modern mystery of mystery of our world.our world.

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Bermuda TriangleBermuda Triangle• It is a region of It is a region of

the  Atlantic the  Atlantic Ocean between Ocean between Bermuda, Bermuda, Miami, Florida, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico, where thousands where thousands of ships have of ships have been lost with been lost with no no explanation. explanation.

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Nazca LinesNazca Lines• The famous Nazca lines can be The famous Nazca lines can be

found in a desert about 200 found in a desert about 200 miles south of Lima, Peru. miles south of Lima, Peru.

• The lines are 37 miles long and The lines are 37 miles long and one mile wide and can be seen one mile wide and can be seen from space. from space.

•They have puzzled They have puzzled the scientific world the scientific world

since their discovery since their discovery in the 1930s.in the 1930s.

Nazca LinesNazca Lines

AtlantisAtlantis• Many people believe Many people believe

that the lost that the lost civilization of Atlantis civilization of Atlantis is complete fiction. is complete fiction. Others believe that Others believe that the story was inspired the story was inspired by catastrophic by catastrophic events which may events which may have destroyed the have destroyed the Minoan civilization on Minoan civilization on Crete and Thera. Crete and Thera.

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AtlantisAtlantis

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Atlantis- real or Atlantis- real or imagined?imagined?

Still others maintain that the story is Still others maintain that the story is an accurate representation of a long an accurate representation of a long lost and almost completely forgotten lost and almost completely forgotten

land.land.

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