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  • Photograph of a La Tene Iron Age culture bridge being excavated in Marin-Epagnier, Neuchatel, Switzerland, in the early 20th century, exposing wooden piles in parallel rows of planted posts, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on the ground floor of the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on the ground floor of the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on life in an oppidum and the Iron Age, on the first floor of the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wine amphora from Roman Italy, dressed I type, 1st century BC from the Pature du Couvent or Pasture of the Monastery area (on wall) and pile of amphoras found dumped in a pit, 1st century BC from the Parc aux Chevaux or Horse Park area, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Excavation of a bronze fibula workshop, late 1st century BC, found on top of an older iron fibula workshop, presumably belonging to the same family of artisans, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • First floor exhibits at the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Msecke Zehrovice, copy, a Celtic Iron Age sculpted portrait head in limestone, 3rd - 2nd century BC, found in 1943 at Msecke Zehrovice, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic (original in the Prague National Museum), in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Msecke Zehrovice, copy, a Celtic Iron Age sculpted portrait head in limestone, 3rd - 2nd century BC, found in 1943 at Msecke Zehrovice, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic (original in the Prague National Museum), in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on life in an oppidum and the Iron Age, on the first floor of the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on life in an oppidum and the Iron Age, on the first floor of the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on life in an oppidum and the Iron Age, on the first floor of the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_FRANCE_MC_0353.jpg
  • Head of Msecke Zehrovice, copy, a Celtic Iron Age sculpted portrait head in limestone, 3rd - 2nd century BC, found in 1943 at Msecke Zehrovice, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic (original in the Prague National Museum), in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of the main gate into Bibracte, which excavations have proved to have side posts and towers framing the gate, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The gate and rampart were destroyed by fire at the time of an exodus of people from the oppidum in 58 BC. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pottery display, in the section on life in an oppidum and the Iron Age, on the first floor of the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. Discarded pottery teaches archaeologists about what and how people ate, and the changing tastes and availability of foods. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celtic silver monetary coins issued by the Aedui, with profile head of Dumnorix on the front and on the reverse, a Gallic soldier from the time of the Gallic Wars wearing a long sword and a sign in the shape of a wild boar, holding trophies, a war trumpet and a severed head, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone head, the only figurative sculpture from Bibracte, simplistic in its approach, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pile of amphoras found dumped in a pit, 1st century BC from the Parc aux Chevaux or Horse Park area, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Celtic belt buckle with figurative representation, in engraved copper alloy with a lost wax, found at Holzelsau in Tyrol, 4th century BC, in the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Displays on life in an oppidum and the Iron Age, on the first floor of the Musee de la Civilisation Celtique, or Museum of Celtic Civilisation, designed by Pierre-Louis Faloci, opened 1996, at Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, once the capital of the Aedui, at Mont Beuvray near Autun in Burgundy, France. The museum explores the discovery and excavation of the site of Bibracte, its context within the Celtic period, and the life of the Aedui at Bibracte. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Imagined portrait of Jacques Cartier, 1491-1557, explorer and cartographer who mapped Eastern Canada, reproduction of an engraving by Pierre Gandon, 1934, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Pierre Gandon's reproduction rights
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  • Drawing of the house of Samuel de Champlain in Quebec, drawn by himself, 1613, from the Book of the Voyages of Champlain, written and drawn by Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, navigator and draftsman, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funicular, Dufferin Terrace and the Chateau Frontenac, photograph, 1920, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Chateau Frontenac, opened 1893, was designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Page from the only known copy of music by Valentin de Bournonville, 1610-63, composer and organist at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Battle between Champlain and the Iroquois, 1613, from the Book of the Voyages of Champlain, written and drawn by Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, navigator and draftsman, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Indian tribes and local flora, from a map of the voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1613 edition, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Page from a French-Iroquois dictionary, 1660, a book which took several years to complete, written by Pierre Joseph Marie Chaumonot, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. There are 3 different styles of handwriting in the book, so it is believed to have 3 authors. It was taken from tribe to tribe to be compiled. An ink stain has been converted into a picture of an animal. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map of the voyages of Samuel de Champlain, 1613 edition, depicting New France with Indian tribes and local flora, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Title page, 1646, of the only known copy of music by Valentin de Bournonville, 1610-63, composer and organist at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tehueto petroglyphs carved on a rock in human and animal shapes by a pre-European Marquesian civilisation, in the Tahauku valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Makii Tau'a Pepe, carved in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, representing a woman lying on her stomach with outstretched arms and raised head with huge eyes and mouth, thought to be in the process of childbirth, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. On the base of this sculpture are petroglyph reliefs of dogs, whose meaning is unclear. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tehueto petroglyphs carved on a rock in human and animal shapes by a pre-European Marquesian civilisation, in the Tahauku valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Makii Tau'a Pepe, carved in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, representing a woman lying on her stomach with outstretched arms and raised head with huge eyes and mouth, thought to be in the process of childbirth, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. On the base of this sculpture are petroglyph reliefs of dogs, whose meaning is unclear. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Platforms in the meae or religious sanctuary of Tohua Upeke, in the Ta'a Oa valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This religious site was used by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation and was the site of human sacrifices. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Platforms in the meae or religious sanctuary of Tohua Upeke, in the Ta'a Oa valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This religious site was used by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation and was the site of human sacrifices. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tehueto petroglyphs carved on a rock in human and animal shapes by a pre-European Marquesian civilisation, in the Tahauku valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tehueto petroglyphs carved on a rock in human and animal shapes by a pre-European Marquesian civilisation, in the Tahauku valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Takaii, stone carved tiki, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, representing Takaii, a warrior leader renowned for his strength, 2.67m tall, the largest tiki in French Polynesia, representing strength, power and beauty, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved tiki sculpture in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, with blunt facial features, wearing a crown and with hands on either side of the belly, at Te Fiifii, a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, 80m South West of the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki is thought to have originally been on the North side of the paepae or platform. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved tiki sculpture in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, with blunt facial features, wearing a crown and with hands on either side of the belly, at Te Fiifii, a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, 80m South West of the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki is thought to have originally been on the North side of the paepae or platform. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved female tiki sculpture in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, with finely carved features - a tattooed and pierced right ear, Mata-related motifs on the face, tattooed lips, a crescent moon diadem, and a hand resting under the chin, at Te Fiifii, a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, 80m South West of the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki is thought to have originally been part of a facade on the North side of the paepae or platform. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved female tiki sculpture in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, with finely carved features - a tattooed and pierced right ear, Mata-related motifs on the face, tattooed lips, a crescent moon diadem, and a hand resting under the chin, at Te Fiifii, a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, 80m South West of the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki is thought to have originally been part of a facade on the North side of the paepae or platform. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Platforms in the meae or religious sanctuary of Tohua Upeke, in the Ta'a Oa valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This religious site was used by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation and was the site of human sacrifices. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tehueto petroglyphs carved on a rock in human and animal shapes by a pre-European Marquesian civilisation, in the Tahauku valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Takaii and Te Tovae E Noho Tikis, stone carved tikis in keetu or red volcanic tuff, with Takaii (left), a warrior leader renowned for his strength, 2.67m tall, the largest tiki in French Polynesia, representing strength, power and beauty, and Te Tovae E Noho (right) which has a missing head and damaged torso, thought to be a leader or warrior, sometimes called Maiauto, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over  2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki sculpture, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Fau Poe, stone female tiki, 1.8m tall, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, in an unusual seated position with its legs stretched out in a position typical of women when they work in the fields, possibly representing Fau Poe, the wife of Takaii, a warrior chief, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Makii Tau'a Pepe, carved in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, representing a woman lying on her stomach with outstretched arms and raised head with huge eyes and mouth, thought to be in the process of childbirth, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. On the base of this sculpture are petroglyph reliefs of dogs, whose meaning is unclear. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved female tiki sculpture in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, with finely carved features - a tattooed and pierced right ear, Mata-related motifs on the face, tattooed lips, a crescent moon diadem, and a hand resting under the chin, at Te Fiifii, a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, 80m South West of the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki is thought to have originally been part of a facade on the North side of the paepae or platform. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Te Ha’a Tou Mahi a Naiki Tiki, carved in grey volcanic tuff, with a less massive, more slender and harmonious form, with hands in front of the body and prominent female genitalia, and a head which was found and replaced on the torso, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki head, carved from a small stone, one of many placed on stones and logs about the site, made from rock from Toea peak, pebbles from the beach and blocks of volcanic tuff, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Makii Tau'a Pepe, carved in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, representing a woman lying on her stomach with outstretched arms and raised head with huge eyes and mouth, thought to be in the process of childbirth, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. On the base of this sculpture are petroglyph reliefs of dogs, whose meaning is unclear. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved tiki sculpture in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, with blunt facial features, wearing a crown and with hands on either side of the belly, at Te Fiifii, a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, 80m South West of the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This tiki is thought to have originally been on the North side of the paepae or platform. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tiki Takaii, stone carved tiki, in keetu or red volcanic tuff, representing Takaii, a warrior leader renowned for his strength, 2.67m tall, the largest tiki in French Polynesia, representing strength, power and beauty, at the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. The Iipona site was a religious sanctuary or meae, built by the pre-European Marquesian civilisation, arranged over 2 large terraces with 5 monumental tikis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Rauhuru, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is a Tupuna marae or family shrine and has petroglyphs of canoes and turtles on some of its standing stones. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Ovarua, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The marae were used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Pae Pae Ofata, a stone courtyard with platform for making offerings and standing stones in an ahu or altar, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This is also a strategic lookout point on the island for people coming from Tahiti or Mo'orea. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Rauhuru, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, and in the distance, Fare Pote'e, a reconstruction of a round communal dwelling, built on stilts with a thatched roof, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is a Tupuna marae or family shrine and has petroglyphs of canoes and turtles on some of its standing stones. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. The Fare Pote'e has been used as a house, meeting room, church, school and museum and has been rebuilt several times, most recently in 2000-01 by the Opu Nui Association. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Fare Tai, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, and in the distance, Fare Pote'e, a reconstruction of a round communal dwelling, built on stilts with a thatched roof, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This is a marae tupuna or family shrine, attached to the Fare Tou chiefdom, and its name means House of the Sea. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. The Fare Pote'e has been used as a house, meeting room, church, school and museum and has been rebuilt several times, most recently in 2000-01 by the Opu Nui Association. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel, originally built in 1900 but deconsecrated in 1992 and used for functions, in the Musee de l'Amerique Francophone, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is housed in the the Seminaire de Quebec or Quebec Seminary, a Roman Catholic community of priests founded by Francois de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, and is managed by the Musee de la Civilisation. It is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musee de l'Amerique Francophone, housed in the Seminaire de Quebec or Quebec Seminary, a Roman Catholic community of priests founded by Francois de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, and managed by the Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Ovarua, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The marae were used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Rauhuru with turtle petroglyphs, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is a Tupuna marae or family shrine and has petroglyphs of canoes and turtles on some of its standing stones. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Ovarua, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The marae were used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Fare Roi, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is a Tupuna marae or family shrine of the chiefdom or mata'eina'a, and is thought to have housed a representation of a god. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Fare Roi, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is a Tupuna marae or family shrine of the chiefdom or mata'eina'a, and is thought to have housed a representation of a god. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Ovarua, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The marae were used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Orohaa, a ruined stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, with a pile of fishing nets, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The marae were used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Orohaa, a ruined stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The marae were used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Vaiotaha, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, and behind, Fare Pote'e, a reconstruction of a round communal dwelling, built on stilts with a thatched roof, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is linked to the Fare Tou chiefdom and was used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. They are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. The Fare Pote'e has been used as a house, meeting room, church, school and museum and has been rebuilt several times, most recently in 2000-01 by the Opu Nui Association. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Palazzo Mostra delle Romanita, now the Museo della Civilita Romana or Museum of Roman Civilisation, designed 1939-41 by Pietro Ascheri, D Bernardini and Cesare Pascoletti, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Manunu, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. Tane, the god of war and fish, was worshipped on this 2-platformed marae, and it contains the tomb of Raiti, the last high priest of Maeva, who died in 1915. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Manunu, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. Tane, the god of war and fish, was worshipped on this 2-platformed marae, and it contains the tomb of Raiti, the last high priest of Maeva, who died in 1915. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Vaiotaha, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is linked to the Fare-Tou chiefdom and was used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. They are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Vaiotaha, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is linked to the Fare-Tou chiefdom and was used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. They are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Vaiotaha, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is linked to the Fare-Tou chiefdom and was used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. They are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunset over the Marae Vaiotaha, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, seen from the Fare Pote'e, a reconstruction of a round communal dwelling, built on stilts with a thatched roof, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The Fare Pote'e has been used as a house, meeting room, church, school and museum and has been rebuilt several times, most recently in 2000-01 by the Opu Nui Association. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Fare Tai, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This is a marae tupuna or family shrine, attached to the Fare Tou chiefdom, and its name means House of the Sea. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Vaiotaha, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is linked to the Fare-Tou chiefdom and was used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. They are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Vaiotaha, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is linked to the Fare-Tou chiefdom and was used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. They are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Ovarua, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The marae were used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Fare Roi, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, and in the distance, Fare Pote'e, a reconstruction of a round communal dwelling, built on stilts with a thatched roof, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is a Tupuna marae or family shrine of the mata'eina'a chiefdom, and is thought to have housed a representation of a god. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. The Fare Pote'e has been used as a house, meeting room, church, school and museum and has been rebuilt several times, most recently in 2000-01 by the Opu Nui Association. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Vaiotaha, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This marae is linked to the Fare-Tou chiefdom and was used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. They are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Ovarua, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The marae were used for worshipping ancestors and gods, and offerings were made here. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Colonnade of the Palazzo Mostra delle Romanita, now the Museo della Civilita Romana or Museum of Roman Civilisation, designed 1939-41 by Pietro Ascheri, D Bernardini and Cesare Pascoletti, built as part of the EUR or Expositione Universale di Roma (Rome Universal Exhibition), planned by Marcello Piacentini, Rome, Italy. The exhibition was to take place in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fascist regime. Fascist architecture developed in the late 1920s and 1930s, as a modernist style in times of nationalism and totalitarianism under Benito Mussolini. It is characterised by large, square, symmetrical buildings with little or no decoration, often inspired by ancient Rome and designed to convey strength and power. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Multimedia room of the Musee de l'Amerique Francophone, housed in the the Seminaire de Quebec or Quebec Seminary, a Roman Catholic community of priests founded by Francois de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, and managed by the Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Fare Tai, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. This is a marae tupuna or family shrine, attached to the Fare Tou chiefdom, and its name means House of the Sea. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marae Rauhuru, a stone courtyard with platform and standing stones, built by a Polynesian civilisation and used as a ceremonial and religious site, on the banks of Lake Fauna Nui or Maeva Lake, at the archaeological site at Maeva village, on Huahine-Nui on the island of Huahine, in the Leeward Islands, part of the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. The wooden stela or unu is carved in wood and represents the guardians of ancestors. This marae is a Tupuna marae or family shrine and has petroglyphs of canoes and turtles on some of its standing stones. The marae are thought to date from 13th - 15th centuries. Maeva is thought to be an abandoned royal settlement, with many megalithic structures including marae, houses, agricultural structures, stone fish traps and fortification walls. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pauto and Mani Tikis, in red keetu or volcanic tuff, carved into a small paepae or platform of a tomb, with Pauto (left), 80cm tall, with crowned and patterned head, tattooed mouth, pierced right armpit, hands on either side of the belly, and male genitalia, and Mani (right), 77cm tall, with crowned head, tattooed face, hand resting under the chin and broken male genitalia, on the tomb of the daughter of the chief, at Tohua Pehekua, a small cemetery with 4 tombs of chief Te Hau Moea and his family, who died in the early 20th century, near the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses or tombs as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone carved tiki sculpture, in grey keetu or volcanic tuff, 100cm tall, with pierced ears and no facial features, hands on the belly, carved nipples and broken male genitalia, on the Queen's Tomb, at Tohua Pehekua, a small cemetery with 4 tombs of chief Te Hau Moea and his family, who died in the early 20th century, near the Iipona archaeological site, near the village of Puamau, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures are usually carved in wood or stone and represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses or tombs as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved stone tiki sculpture with large eyes and mouth, found in the location of the altar where human sacrifices would have been made, at the meae or religious sanctuary of Tohua Upeke, in the Ta'a Oa valley, on the island of Hiva Oa, in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Tiki sculptures represent Ti’i, a half-human half-god ancestor who is believed to be the first man. Tiki often have a huge head, symbolising power, and big eyes symbolising knowledge. Tiki are respected and are often placed outside houses as protective statues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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