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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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If They Could Only Talk
Sergio Rapu, 63, a Rapanui archaeologist and former Easter Island governor who did graduate work with Hunt, took his American colleagues to the ancient quarry on Rano Raraku, the island’s ...
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Rano Raraku
The main quarry for Easter Island's statues, this volcanic crater is a virtual moai graveyard. The stone-faced giants lie in various states of production. Some are half carved, many are broken ...
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Stone Giants
The following statistics on Easter Island's moai are the results of Van ... Total number of moai still in the Rano Raraku quarry: 397 (45%) Total number of moai lying 'in transit' outside of ...
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Exploring Easter Island: Top 5 Moai Statue Sites
Recent research on Easter Island, published in the Plos One journal ... island's eastern side that the Indigenous people used as a quarry. The volcanic crater is made of tuff, a soft volcanic ...