Easter Island
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Easter Island is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is renowned for its nearly
Ahu with Hanga Roa in the background
Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island
Traditional cultivars of sweet potato (kumara) were staple crops on Polynesian Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui - Easter Island, (detail from original Isla de San Carlos chart), c. 1759 - 1775, Commodore Joseph de la Somaglia
Moai
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Moai or moꞌai are monolithic human figures carved from stone by the Rapa Nui people, on Rapa Nui in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main mo
Easter Island
…at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is renowned for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within…
Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s
Moʻai quarry at Rano Raraku
Re-erected tuff moai at Ahu Tahai with restored pukao and replica eyes