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Lesson 1-- The Mysterious Moai of Easter Island
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Easter Island moai statues with heads visible in Rano Raraku
Moai statues are massive m egaliths 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. This is a misconception from having seen photos of statues in the volcano Rano Raraku partially covered up with soil. The truth is that all of these "heads" have full bodies.
There are around 1000 statues, up to 86 tons tons in weight and 10 m in height, though the average is around half of that. 95% of the moais were carved from the volcano Rano Raraku. This location was chosen since it consists to a great extent of tuff , which is compressed volcanic ash and is easy to carve, which was necessary since the natives had no metal to carve with, but used only stone tools; the so called t oki .
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