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The moai statues face away from the ocean and towards the villages as if to watch over the people. The exception is the seven Ahu Akivi which face out to sea to help travelers find the island. There is a legend that says there were seven men who waited for their king to arrive. [ 20 ]
The production and transportation of the 887 statues are considered remarkable creative and physical feats. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The moai have been under restoration since 1950. [ 11 ] The period between 1837 and 1864 was a critical time when, for reasons that remain unknown, all the standing statues were toppled (probably during the tribal wars ...
Easter Island (Spanish: Isla de Pascua, [ˈisla ðe ˈpaskwa]; Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i]) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.
It would be difficult to count the exact number of statues throughout the world. And we couldn’t find concrete stats. But to put things into perspective, London alone has 10,000 lion statues.
The statues on the island invariably faced the village as a protective mana, but in the case of the Ahu Akivi statues they face towards the sea. There is a legend narrated for this positioning of the seven statues. It is conjectured that the Rapanui people did it to propitiate the sea to help the navigators. However, according to an oral ...
Currently, a non-profit organization called The Pacifica II Statue Project is working to recreate and resurrect Pacifica on Treasure Island. [2] There is currently an 8-foot (2.4 m) replica of Pacifica at City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan Avenue in the garden next to the Diego Rivera Theater. [3]
Oceanographers mapped Nazca Ridge and discovered a massive underwater mountain, as well as observed rare wildlife. Ocean Explorers Discovered a Massive Underwater Mountain That's Taller Than Mt ...
The mammoth coral belonging to the species Pavona clavus was found by a research vessel in the southwest Pacific Ocean in October. Coral discovered off Solomon Islands (National Geographic ...