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  2. Moai - Wikipedia

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    Map of Easter Island using moai to show locations of various ahu The statues were carved by the aboriginal Polynesians of the island, mostly between 1250 and 1500. [ 1 ] In addition to representing deceased ancestors , the moai, once they were erected on ahu, may also have been regarded as the embodiment of powerful living or former chiefs and ...

  3. Iconic Easter Island statues damaged in wildfire - AOL

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    STORY: A fire on Chile's Easter Island has caused irreparable damage to its iconic statues.The blaze swept through Rapa Nui National Park earlier this week.It caused several of the statues' stones ...

  4. Wildfire damages iconic landmarks on Easter Island - AOL

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    On Monday, Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano erupted, causing a wildfire that swept through the Rano Raraku area and damaged the island's iconic stone heads. Rano Raraku is also known as the ...

  5. Easter Island heads suffer irreparable damage after fire ...

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    The fire scorched about 250 acres of Easter Island, also known by its indigenous name Rapa Nui, the Municipalidad de Rapa Nui said in a news release on Oct. 5. The wildfire burned through the Rano ...

  6. Easter Island - Wikipedia

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    Easter Island, Isla Salas y Gómez, South America and the islands in between Detailed map of Rapa Nui/Easter Island Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands. [ 76 ] Its closest inhabited neighbour is Pitcairn Island , 1,931 km (1,200 mi) to the west, with approximately 50 inhabitants. [ 77 ]

  7. Hoa Hakananai'a - Wikipedia

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    Hoa Hakananai'a is a moai, a statue from Easter Island. It was taken from Orongo, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in 1868 by the crew of a British ship and is now in the British Museum in London. It has been described as a "masterpiece" [1] and among the finest examples of Easter Island sculpture. [2]

  8. Easter Island fire causes "irreparable" damage to sacred moai ...

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    A fire on Easter Island has damaged many of its sacred moai statues, with some of the charring said to be "irreparable". Easter Island fire causes "irreparable" damage to sacred moai statues ...

  9. Jo Anne Van Tilburg - Wikipedia

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    Jo Anne Van Tilburg is an American archaeologist best known for her research on the statues of Easter Island ().Her primary specialty is rock art. Van Tilburg was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1965, receiving her Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1986.