The Champs-ÃlysÃ©es and its gardens were originally laid out in 1667 by AndrÃ© Le NÃ´tre as an extension of the Tuileries Garden, the gardens of the Tuileries Palace, which had been built in 1564, and which Le NÃ´tre had rebuilt in his own formal style for Louis XIV in 1664.
Ancient enigma. Rapa Nui's majestic rock statues (also known as Stone Heads of Easter Island) have been a mystery since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s on the island, located in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Chile.ncient enigma. Rapa Nui's majestic rock statues (also known as Stone Heads of Easter Island) have been a mystery since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s on the island, located in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Chile.
Sacred-texts home Australian Buy CD-ROM Buy books about Pacific Mythology General Easter Island New Zealand Hawaii Samoa Tahiti Melanesia Pacific Islander Religions This section has texts relating to the religion and mythology of the Pacific Islanders.Te Pito Te Henua, Or Easter Island by William J. Thomson [1891] Includes images of the famous rongo-rongo tablets and one of the few attested translations available. highly readable and scholarly cross-cultural study of Pacific mythology and folklore, covering Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Indonesia and Australia. It includes summaries of material only available in obscure 19th Century scholarly journals.