Regarding Yap’s stone money, I wrote last week that the larger the piece, the more value it had. That’s wrong, according to two readers who informed me, kindly, that according to their Yapese ...

On their return from Palau, the sailors would give the carved stone money to the high chiefs who would gather from different villages to welcome back the sailors and the stones.

While researching a trip to Palau, a tiny island nation dotting Micronesia’s western edge, I found endless information about ...

KOROR, Palau — While researching an upcoming trip to Palau, a tiny island nation dotting Micronesia’s western edge, I found endless information about its famed mushroom-shaped Rock Islands and ...

Hundreds of years ago, the Yapese began sailing to Palau, 250 miles to the west, and quarrying large wheels of aragonite for use as money. It is unclear what inspired the choice of the stone ...

The Pacific diving paradise of Palau wants travelers to explore its cultural depths, too As it rebuilds its tourism industry after the pandemic, Palau is working to highlight its land-based ...

The Bozeman Society of the Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Series features “Stones of the Butterfly: Archaeological Investigation of Yapese Stone Money Quarries in Palau, Micronesia ...

Yap’s stone money system was struck by inflation when in the 1800s an Irishman named David O’Keefe began chartering his schooner to sail Yapese men and their money between Palau and Yap.

Photo Credit: Flickr user annamatic3000 If you wanted to be a bank robber on Yap, you’d need a forklift and a crane, along with an 18-wheeler to make your getaway. That’s because for centuries ...

Palau’s detailed assessment report on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) has been examined. Palau has strengthened its AML/CFT legislative framework that has ...