Easter Island, Rapa Nui or "navel of the world", an island in
the south Pacific Ocean is the most isolated inhabited island in the world.
The island is famous for its numerous moai, the stone statues now located
along the coastlines. A set of 12 icons.
The colossal statues in front of the Great Temple of Aboo-Simbel are
the most extraordinary work that remains to us of the age of Remeses II.
No other monuments in existence strike the observer with such an impression
of vastness except the Sphynx near the Pyramids of Geezeh. A set of 9 icons.
It has been said that Japan is a nation of the 21st century, yet it
is a nation of romantic traditions. “Chinkyaku” Welcome to Japan. A set
of 10 icons.
Native legend tells of Lelawala, a beautiful maid who paddled her canoe
into the swift current of the Niagara River and was swept over the brink.
He-No, the Thunder God, caught her as she plummeted, and her spirit is
said to live forever in the Thunder God's sanctuary behind the Falls. A
set of 16 icons.
Its mystery lies on the ground like a fallen forlorn god who no longer
has a reason to rule. O'er the chalky floor grow green weeds and small
white flowers, which cluster round the leaning pillars as memories fade
into the past. A set of 6 icons.
