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Exploring Easter Island: Top 5 Moai Statue Sites
About one mile east of Rano Raraku volcano is Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu complex on Easter Island with 15 moai statues.
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The Stone Faces of Rano Raraku: Uncovering the Secrets of Easter Island’s Moai
The statues at Ahu Tongariki were initially toppled during infighting on Easter Island. In 1960, a tsunami caused by an ...
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Hancock claims a lost civilization built Easter Island's statues 11,000+ years ago
Hancock estimates that the statues on Easter Island, known as Moai heads, are likely much older than the platforms, called Ahu Vinapu, on which many of them sit because the structures exhibit ...
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If They Could Only Talk
This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, did one of the things he loves ...
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The famous statues (IMAGE)
Dawn at Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any ...