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  2. Moai - Wikipedia

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    The statue was a gift from the people of Nii-jima (an island 163 kilometres (101 mi) from Tokyo but administratively part of the city) inspired by Easter Island moai. The name of the statue was derived by combining "moai" and the dialectal Japanese word moyai ( 催合い ) 'helping each other' .

  3. The mystery of how hats were put on Easter Island statues may ...

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    A team of researchers in the US says it may have solved the mystery of how hats were placed atop the giant "moai" structures. The mystery of how hats were put on Easter Island statues may have ...

  4. Easter Island - Wikipedia

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    Easter Island is a volcanic island, consisting mainly of three extinct coalesced volcanoes: Terevaka (altitude 507 metres) forms the bulk of the island, while two other volcanoes, Poike and Rano Kau, form the eastern and southern headlands and give the island its roughly triangular shape.

  5. History of Easter Island - Wikipedia

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    Easter Island's long isolation was ended on Easter Sunday, 1722, when a Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, discovered the island. He named it for the Holy day. The Dutch were amazed by the great statues, which they thought were made from clay.

  6. Popular theory claiming Easter Island’s population collapsed ...

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    The globally famous giant stone statues of Easter Island are the world’s best-known Polynesian monumental works of art. Although only around 600 completed Easter Island statues survive intact or ...

  7. Satellite imagery may provide a missing puzzle piece in ...

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    New research using satellite imagery and machine learning offers a fresh clue in the mystery of what happened to the original settlers of Easter Island.

  8. Pukao - Wikipedia

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    Pukao were not made until the 15th–16th centuries and are later additions to the moai. [2] The reason that pukao were made is not known, though various theories exist. One is that the placing of a pukao on top of the moai was a recognition of the power of the individual represented.

  9. “History’s Mysteries”: 50 Remarkable Photos And Facts About ...

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    #14 A Fully Unearthed Moai Statue On Easter Island. The Easter Island statues are iconic monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island in eastern Polynesia between the ...

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