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The Stone Faces of Rano Raraku: Uncovering the Secrets of Easter Island’s Moai
The moai are thought to represent the ancestors ... Some experts believe some unfinished statues in Rano Raraku were never ...
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Scientists just unearthed a new statue on Easter Island. Take a look inside one of the most remote inhabited places in the world.
Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues known as moai. The statues, which are carved from volcanic rock, stand at 13 feet high ...
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Exploring Easter Island: Top 5 Moai Statue Sites
One of the fascinating aspects of touring Rano Raraku is the chance to see moai statues in different stages of construction. Some unfinished multi-ton statues remain attached to the ground by ...
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Move the Moai
According to a survey by archeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the Easter Islanders successfully transported 288 moai statues to various ahu platforms around the island. We're only proposing that you ...
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Past Attempts
Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...