The walking moai would have been supported and guided by ropes, with a group of Rapanui people on each side of the statue leading the steps and a small group behind steadying the movement.

Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect ...

We first saw it from above while walking through Rano Raraku. ... Top 5 Moai Statue Sites appeared first on Go Backpacking. Explore the iconic moai statues on Easter Island.

Yet this log theory ignored the oral history of the Rapanui people who recalled the “walking statues.” A 2013 study in the Journal of Archeological Science tested the idea that the moai were ...

Researchers have unearthed a new 5-foot-tall moai statue created by Indigenous Rapa Nui people on Easter Island.. Volunteers from three Chilean universities made the discovery on Feb. 21 in a dry ...

Five hundred years ago, on the southern slopes of Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano, the Rapa Nui people skillfully carved monumental moai statues from volcanic rock. The quarry was more than ...

A moai on the ahu has a flat base, so the statue stands straight up. But most of the moai lying on the road have angled bases, and Carl and Terry believe that angle had a very specific purpose.

The largest Moai statue was indeed carved but never erected, according to experts. "There is an exceptionally 'tall' statue on Rapa Nui, known locally as El Gigante and said to be 20m long (66 feet).

Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki near the Rano Raraku volcano, top, on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Nov. 27, 2022. According to Salvador Atan Hito, vice president of the Ma'u Henua ...

The walking moai would have been supported and guided by ropes, with a group of Rapanui people on each side of the statue leading the steps and a small group behind steadying the movement.