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  2. 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]

  3. 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' .

  4. Fraternal Order of Moai - Wikipedia

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    A silent auction at Hot Rod Hula Hop IV raised $1,252 for the Easter Island Foundation. [22] The Order announced that the event would return on August 9–10, 2013, as a local event run by the Kahiki Chapter. [23] The 2013 event was successful and raised $4,000 for Cure CMD. [24] The sixth event was held August 8–10, 2014 and raised $4,000 again.

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

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    For hundreds of years, the sculpting of giant ancestor stone statues was central to Easter Island’s civilisation. The largest statue in this photograph is 9 metres tall and weighs 86 tonnes ...

  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Could Easter Island hold the key to anti-aging?

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    A promising anti-aging compound found around the statues of Easter Island continues to impress scientists, notes Metro.. Called rapamycin, it is a naturally occurring by-product of bacteria from ...

  9. 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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