- Moai - Wikipedia
Moai must have been very time-consuming to craft and transport; not only would the actual carving of each statue require effort and resources, but the finished product was then hauled to its final location and erected
- The Moai Statues of Easter Island and How They Were Moved
Far out in the South Pacific, nearly 3,700 kilometers from the coast of Chile and more than 2,000 kilometers from the nearest inhabited land, lies a small volcanic island called Rapa Nui—better known to the world as Easter Island
- Stunning New Evidence Shows Easter Island’s Moai Came From Dozens of . . .
A sweeping 3D analysis of Rapa Nui’s main moai quarry shows that the island’s iconic statues weren’t produced by a single ruling authority, but by many small, independent groups working simultaneously
- Everything to know about Easter Islands iconic statues
One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth, Easter Island is famous for the thousand or so enigmatic, towering statues that dot its landscape, called moai
- Map, Statues, Heads, History, Moai, Facts - Britannica
Easter Island, Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean It is the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian island world and is famous for its giant stone statues To its original inhabitants the island is known as Rapa Nui, and its population is predominantly of Polynesian descent
- The Moai Statues: Secrets of the Easter Island Heads
The moai are massive stone statues of human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island Over 1,000 Moai have been discovered, and the Rapa Nui National Park, which includes the moai, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995
- Moai statues - easterisland. travel
Moai statues were built to honor chieftain or other important people who had passed away They were placed on rectangular stone platforms called ahu, which are tombs for the people that the statues represented
- 3D Model Unlocks Just Who Made Easter Islands Moai
New Moai Statue Found on Chile's Easter Island Excites Researchers Unfinished moai attached to bedrock by “keels” along their backs demonstrate how carvers worked underneath from both sides until figures were separated from the source material This production stage, difficult to document through traditional methods, is visible in the 3D model
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