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Kukii Heiau
Located at the easternmost point of the Hawaiian Islands, Cape Kumukahi holds a special place in ancient Hawaiian mythology as this was where the gods and goddesses first arrived in the islands from Tahiti. It was here that the fire goddess...
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Kukii Heiau Cairn, Hawaii
This is a photo of a cairn (ahu) of the Kukii Heiau, an Ancient Hawaiian temple. The photo displays a frontal view of the foundations of the cairn, which was built in the 15th century CE and served as a spiritual altar.
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Kukii Heiau Cairn, Hawaii
This is a photo of a cairn (ahu) of the Kukii Heiau, an Ancient Hawaiian temple. The photo displays a view of the foundations of the cairn, which was built in the 15th century CE and served as a spiritual altar.
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Kukii Heiau Cairn, Front View
This is a photo of a cairn (ahu) of the Kukii Heiau, an Ancient Hawaiian temple. The photo displays a frontal view of the foundations of the cairn, which was built in the 15th century CE and served as a spiritual altar.
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Kukii Heiau Wall, Hawaii
This is a photo of one of the walls of the Kukii Heiau, an Ancient Hawaiian temple. The Kukii Heiau was built in the 15th century CE and was rebuilt in the 16th century CE.
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Menehune
Menehune is the term applied to short-statured, forest-dwelling creatures of Hawaiian mythology and is part of a common mythology throughout Polynesia that describes secretive, supernatural beings with human-like attributes. Mysterious supernatural...
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Polynesian Navigation & Settlement of the Pacific
Polynesian navigation of the Pacific Ocean and its settlement began thousands of years ago. The inhabitants of the Pacific islands had been voyaging across vast expanses of ocean water sailing in double canoes or outriggers using nothing...
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Sumo
Sumo (Ozumo) is an ancient form of wrestling which has long been the national sport of Japan. Its origins go back to the Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE - c. 300 CE) and it incorporates many elements of the Shinto religion in its various rituals...
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A Visual Glossary of Classical Architecture
Abacus - a large slab placed above the column capital to support the architrave or an arch placed above it. Akroterion - a decorative piece added to the roof of a temple at the apex and corners, usually made of clay or bronze and often...
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Chacchoben
Chaccoben (pronounced chac-CHO-bin) is a Maya site dated to c. 700 CE located in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Once a large and significant urban religious center, the city was abandoned c. 900-950 CE at about the same time as the other...