This page has been written with help from Easter Island Home Page Easter Island has long been the subject of curiosity and speculation. How and why did its inhabitants carve and transport the massive statues which surround the island? What remains of this culture today, and what lessons can we learn from their legacy?  This page […]

This page was written with help from NOVA Rapa Nui What do the Moai statues mean?The Moai and ceremonial sites are along the coast, with a concentration on Easter Island’s southeast coast. Here, the Moai are more ‘standardized’ in design, and are believed to have been carved, transported, and erected between AD 1400 and 1600. They […]

The Hamsa (also known as Khamsa) is a hand shaped amulet used for protection by both Jewish and Muslim people. Its name comes from a Semitic root and literally means “five”. The Hamsa is usually shaped in the form of a symmetrical hand, with thumbs on both side, and not in the anatomically correct way. Though it is […]

The Meaning Of The Fish Symbol Used By ChristiansToday And In HistoryBy Rebecca Geiger This article is reproduced with permission from  www.sidestream.com. Historically one of the first symbols used by Christians to identify themselves to others was the fish. There is a literary reference made to the fish by Clement of Alexandria, born around 150 a.d., […]