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Moai of Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

MegalithicPacificChile (Rapa Nui)c. 1100 CERapa Nui

Nearly 1,000 monolithic statues averaging 4m tall and 12.5 tons. Carved from volcanic tuff at Rano Raraku quarry. How they were transported across the island remains debated.

-27.1127°, -109.3497°

Look Closer — this site carries open questions: stones heavier than the period's tools could lift.
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Walkthrough videos (7)

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