MOAI STATUES – EASTER ISLAND

Easter Island's Moai statues are massive megaliths.

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These are well-known for their statues.

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The people of this island, also known as Rapa Nui, erected them between 1400 and 1650 A.D.

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Many people call them the Easter Island heads.

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This is a false belief based on images of statues partially covered up by soil in the Volcano Rano Raraku.

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In reality, each of these "heads" has a whole body.

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Over 1000 monuments weighing up to 86 tonnes and standing up to 10 metres tall can be found.

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955 moais were carved from the Rano Raraku volcano.

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This location was chosen because it contains a lot of tuff, which is what the moais are made of.

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The term "tuff" refers to a type of compressed volcanic ash that is easy to carve and uses only stone tools, which is also referred to as "toki."

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