around 6,000 large rai stones are outstanding on the island,[clarification needed] and several can be seen in museums worldwide. The stones were highly valued...

Pamela in 1954, Rammasun in 2014 and Yagi in 2024. Rai, named after an artifact called Rai stones, is the 22nd and final named tropical storm, the ninth...

Look up RAI, Rai, or rai in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rai or RAI may refer to: Rai (title), meaning 'king', equivalent to Rao or Roy, a princely...

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (pronounced [ɛːʃʋəɾjᵊ ɾɑːj ˈbətːʃən]; née Rai; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in...

famous for its Rai stones, traditional money made of limestone, which was brought from neighbouring islands in Palau. Many rai stones are now placed in...

called Rai stones are a national symbol. It replaced Fanapi after the 2010 storm, which replaced Rananim after the 2004 storm. Tropical Storm Rai (2016)...

found on all the islands. The island of Yap is notable for its "stone money" (Rai stones), large disks usually of calcite, up to 4 meters (13 ft) in diameter...

The Rai (Rai: ᤖᤠᤀᤡ, Rāi; Devanagari: राई) also known as Khambu and Jimee are ethnolinguistic group belonging to the Kirat family and primarily Tibeto-Burman...

cultivation to the islands. Another megalithic tradition is that of the rai stones, massive doughnut-shaped discs of rock that were used as currency on Yap...

Zealand pound Solomon Islands pound Tongan pound Western Samoan pound Rai stones – Yap European Currency Unit and 22 national currencies which were replaced...

2500 BCE. Victoria and Albert Museum Dropa stones Glass bi disks Huang (jade) Mr. He's jade Rai stones Teaching Chinese Archaeology, object 3 - NGA...

Although some of the O'Keefe stones are larger than the canoe-transported stones, they are less valuable than the earlier stones due to the comparative ease...

motivates them by showing them how to produce large quantities of Rai stones, the stone money of Yap, and their valued coinage. Burt Lancaster as Captain...

Zambian pound – Zambia Pula – Botswana Punt – Ireland Quetzal – Guatemala Rai stones – Yap Rand – South Africa Reaal – Curaçao Real Angolan real – Angola Argentine...

relationship may have helped the Yapese sail to Palau for quarrying the Rai stones, the stone currency disks carved from crystalline calcite still used today...

four tons. These stones were called "Rai stones" and were also used as a form of currency. However, it was required that the stone must be proved to...

from Hong Kong and East Asia to more easily create Rai stones; however, the ease of making the stone money ultimately helped lead to its decline during...

vessels or on rafts; later they were transferred on European vessels. The stones, which are rather tokens than money, do not circulate, but are piled up...

settled from Polynesia. The island nation formerly used rai stones as currency. Since this stone money had to be made from a rock that could not be extracted...

Asian countries around the 1930s. Bielefeld notgeld in the 1920s. Stone Rai stones from Yap island Wood Used in Japan in the 1860s, for Austrian and German...

males eat separately from the women and younger children. Governor of Yap Rai stones Religion in Yap Rull Men's Meetinghouse Yapese language Traditional Councils...

in search of a rai stone. Then, they go through a command crawl toward a second sand pit to retrieve another rai stone. The rai stones would be used as...

byproducts of the use of rocks for other purposes. Grave orb Lithic-Bolas Rai stones Lapidary spheres Kugel ball Avogadro project Rees, Thomas & Hunter, Fraser...

Kosrae in around 1200. Central Nan Madol (map) Nan Madol Leluh Latte stones Rai stone The earliest known contact with Europeans occurred in 1521, when a...

Rai Gulp is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI. It is the company's television channel...

found on all the islands. The island of Yap is notable for its "stone money" (Rai stones), large disks usually of calcite, up to 4 metres (13 ft) in diameter...

Yapese currency, the large rai stones which became devalued after O'Keefe introduced iron tools that made manufacture of the stones easier. O'Keefe settled...

the Metropolitan Museum of Art, amongst others. In particular, Yap's Rai stones are held in several overseas museums, such as: National Museum of American...

Gilles de Rais (c. 1405 – 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the...

Dulha Rai was the founder of the Kachhwaha dynasty and also the 1st king from this dynasty who ruled the territory of Dhundhar, with his capital at Khoh...