- Moai - Wikipedia
Easter Island statues are known for their large, broad noses and big chins, along with rectangle-shaped ears and deep eye slits Their bodies are normally squatting, with their arms resting in different positions and are without legs The majority of the ahu are found along the coast and face inland towards the community
- 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
- Visiting Easter Islands Moai Statues: What to Know - Culture Trip
Easter Island’s monolithic Moai statues are among the most recognizable ancient wonders on earth Although many questions about these gigantic stone sculptures remain, years of scientific research has uncovered some fascinating insights into their purpose, construction and history
- 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
- Moai statues - Easter Island
Moai statues are massive megaliths at Easter Island, and these are what this island is famous for The moais were built in approximately 1400 - 1650 A D by the natives of this island also known as Rapa Nui Many know them as the Easter Island heads
- The mysterious legend of the ‘Easter Island heads’
There are more than 900 Moai statues on Easter Island The exact number is not known, as more and more have been discovered over the years, meaning that yet more might still remain hidden Of the known Moai, almost all are carved from tuff, a type of rock comprising solidified volcanic ash Making a Moai statue would entail drawing an outline
- Easter Island Statues – The Purpose Behind the Moai Statues
The Easter Island head statues of Rapa Nui are known as the Moai statues and they were sculpted sometime between the years 1250 and 1500 While half of them were carried and positioned along the perimeter of the island, the other half is still located in the quarry in which they were made, known as Rano Raraku
- Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and its famous Moai statues
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island (a name given to it by Europeans), is located in the southeast Pacific and is famous for its approximately 1,000 carvings of moai, human-faced statues
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