Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai
Description: WEBMoai or moʻai (/ ˈ m oʊ. aɪ / ⓘ MOH-eye; Spanish: moái; Rapa Nui: moʻai, lit. 'statue') are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500.
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island
Description: WEBThen in early October 2022, just two months after the island was reopened to tourists, a forest fire burned nearly 148 acres (60 hectares) of the island, causing irreparable damage to some of the moai. Arson is suspected. Indigenous rights movement Souvenir Moai from Rapa Nui, bought at the Artisan's Market, 2020
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Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/everything-to-know-about-easter-islands-iconic-statues
Description: WEBOct 19, 2022 · 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. Earlier this month, a fire ...
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Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/pacific-apah/polynesia-apah/a/easter-island-moai
Description: WEBThe moai of Rapa Nui. Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. The moai were probably carved to commemorate important ancestors and were made from around 1000 C.E. until the second half of the seventeenth century.
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Link: https://www.britannica.com/place/Easter-Island
Description: WEB4 days ago · Easter Island moai. Sculptures cut from volcanic rock, Easter Island. Easter Island. Easter Island, Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian island world. It is famous for its giant stone statues.
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Link: https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/contested-objects-collection/moai
Description: WEBMoai are megalithic statues often placed upon ahu (ceremonial platforms). They are said to be the aringa ora , the living faces of the ancestors. Hoa Hakananai'a (meaning 'lost, hidden, or stolen friend') is carved from basalt and dates from about 1000–1200.
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Link: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220906-the-walking-statues-of-easter-island
Description: WEBSep 6, 2022 · Fifteen moai stand on the Ahu Tongariki plinth, the largest ceremonial structure on Easter Island (Credit: Chakarin Wattanamongkol/Getty Images) This was the first study that successfully "walked ...
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Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/-AWBPCaK6uRobA
Description: WEBOnly in Rapa Nui did the creation of statues – the moai – reach such a scale and magnificence. The ahu and moai are sacred to the people of Rapa Nui today, a source of mana – power and...
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Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/world-heritage/article/easter-island
Description: WEBJun 13, 2018 · Moai Rapanui artisans carved the giant statues, called moai, centuries ago from volcanic rock at a quarry a mile away. By the 19th century all of Easter's moai had been toppled—by whom or what ...
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Link: https://smarthistory.org/easter-island-moai/
Description: WEBDec 6, 2023 · The moai of Rapa Nui. Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. The moai were probably carved to commemorate important ancestors and were made from around 1000 C.E. until the second half of the seventeenth century.
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