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About one mile east of Rano Raraku volcano is Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu complex on Easter Island with 15 moai statues.
Look past Tukuturi Moai; you can see Ahu Tongariki and Poike volcano in the distance. The statues at Ahu Tongariki were ...
Still, remnants of their former glory remained in the form of head-shaped statues (called moai) scattered across the island’s shore. These moai may not be as old as other famous monoliths ...
is an ahu site with seven standing moai. The following statistics on Easter Island's moai are the results of Van Tilburg's survey in 1989. She reported, "A total of 887 monolithic statues has been ...
Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...
They are: Tongariki — 15 moai on the east coast. Anakena Beach — two ahus with eight moai statues on the north coast. Ahu Akivi — seven moai facing the sea just north of Hanga Roa.
Rapa Nui’s megaliths are called moai, and 15 of them stand with their backs to the Pacific Ocean at a site known as ahu Tongarikia. Visitors congregate as close as permitted to the statues ...