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

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    The Easter Island heads are located in the Rapa Nui National Park, according to the park’s website. The park has 887 Moai statues and 300 ceremonial platforms spread across the island, remnants ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. New evidence upends contentious Easter Island theory ... - AOL

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    Settled by Polynesian seafarers 800 years ago, Rapa Nui, today part of Chile, has hundreds of monumental stone heads that echo of the past. The island has long been a place of intrigue.

  5. History of Easter Island - Wikipedia

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    A total solar eclipse visible from Easter Island occurred for the first time in over 1300 years on 11 July 2010, at 18:15:15. [54] Species of fish were collected in Easter Island for one month in different habitats including shallow lava pools, depths of 43 meters, and deep waters.

  6. Brad Garrett - Wikipedia

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    From 2006 to 2014, he played the Easter Island Head in the Night at the Museum trilogy. From 2018 to 2020, he starred in the ABC sitcom Single Parents. In 2021, Garrett also helped create Disney+'s Big Shot with David E. Kelley and Dean Lorey. He is also known for voicing the Big Dog on 2 Stupid Dogs.

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

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    The rock gardens had covered up to 21.1 square kilometers (8.1 square miles) and could have sustained up to 17,000 people, previous research suggested.That February 2013 finding bolstered the idea ...

  8. 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.

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