We passed more moai face down on the ground ... The post The Stone Faces of Rano Raraku: Uncovering the Secrets of Easter ...
Giant stone figures watch over Rapa Nui, or Easter Island ... Fallen moai lie face down across the island. They had all been knocked over by the early 1800s, but some have been restored to ...
National Geographic reported in 2022 that there were 1,043 complete statues on Easter Island. The moai are carved out of volcanic stone. Most face inland, except for seven that face the ocean.
On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...
What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants, which weighed ... protect the moai's protruding belly. The moai lay face down on the sledge. Mulloy suggested that by ...
Indiana University has completed its first international repatriation of human remains to the Rapa Nui people of Easter ...
Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after COVID-19 restrictions ... These are carved human figures with oversized heads, often resting on huge stone pedestals called ahus.