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Wonder #10
How were the Easter Island Statues moved?
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The island’s local Polynesian name is Rapa Nui. The name “Easter Island” came from Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who was the island’s first European visitor on Easter Sunday in 1722.
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It’s a special territory of Chile that is famous for its 887 huge statues — called moai — that were created by the early Rapanui people between 1100 and 1680.
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This nickname is a bit misleading, though, since most of the statues have bodies.
Huge stone moai statues are sometimes referred to as “Easter Island heads.”
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Almost all of the statues were carved out of solidified volcanic ash from an extinct volcano called Rano Raraku.
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Although many statues remain in the quarry at Rano Raraku, many others were transported to other areas of Easter Island.
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A single moai statue could have taken a team of six men about one year to finish.
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Some of the statues weigh over 80 tons!!!
How did the native Rapanui transport these statues up to 11 miles away without wheels or animals?
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No one knows for sure
how many of the
statues got to their
current locations
around the island…
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What Do You Think?