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Cluster · 1 line of comparison · 1 without an established route · 1 motif family · 2 registered objects
Greek Delphi↔
1 separate line of comparison join these two traditions in this collection. 1 of them has no established route.
Motif families: Centres of the world
Cultural context
Greek Delphi The sacred-centre tradition and the date of the pictured museum object need separate sources.
No numerical episode date is yet registered here.
Delphi omphalos Date unresolved · unresolved Cultural context
Rapanui traditions Different media and episodes in Rapa Nui’s history. Statue construction, later carving, texts and modern records remain separate.
No numerical episode date is yet registered here.
Te Pito Kura stone Date unresolved · unresolved Line 01 · Research lead
Stones at the centre of the world Delphi and Rapa Nui: a visual comparison intertwined with language.
Delphi omphalos Delphi↔ Te Pito Kura stone Te Pito Kura · Rapa NuiWhat appears to correspond
Modern presentations associate both places with a navel or sacred centre. What differs or remains uncertain
The Delphi object is shaped and decorated; the Rapanui stone’s modification and placement history need checking. An island name does not date the modern identification of a particular stone. Transmission check
Transmission not yet assessed The comparison is not yet identified or dated well enough to exclude ordinary transmission, later borrowing or an image-selection effect.
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Keep in the frame
What would move this cluster forward? Collected comparisons accumulate; they do not compound into proof. Each line still needs its own dated sequence.
Find early Rapanui-language and collection witnesses. Separate object history, place-name etymology and modern visitor interpretation. Follow the evidence
Sources & scope Provisional editorial records with no independent specialist sign-off. Review stages describe how far sources were checked, not the probability of a historical connection.
project · Deep Memory Records comparisons assembled from this repository and supplied material. An external first proposer has not been traced for every pair.
claim · Hugh Newman; hosted by Graham Hancock Guest article, 29 March 2014. Specific comparisons include hands toward the abdomen, sacred centres and distant statuary.
museum · British Museum Museum account gives an early traditional statue date and a later birdman tradition. Its settlement chronology differs from recent research.
