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The Stone Faces of Rano Raraku: Uncovering the Secrets of Easter Island’s Moai
Five hundred years ago, on the southern slopes of Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano, the Rapa Nui people skillfully carved ...
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Rano Raraku
Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg suggests that the moai production in Rano Raraku quarry probably started and stopped often over the years, possibly due to periodic resource shortages or to ...
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Exploring Easter Island: Top 5 Moai Statue Sites
From 1100 to 1500 AD, roughly one thousand moai statues were carved from the crater's eastern slope. The statues honor ...
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Stone Giants
Total number of maoi that were successfully transported to their final ahu locations: 288 (32% of 887) Total number of moai still in the Rano Raraku quarry: 397 (45%) Total number of moai lying ...