The fifteen moai of Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu (ceremonial platform) on Rapa Nui, restored in the 1990s by a Chilean-Japanese archaeological project. T
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The fifteen moai of Ahu Tongariki, the largest ahu (ceremonial platform) on Rapa Nui, restored in the 1990s by a Chilean-Japanese archaeological project. These monolithic statues, carved from volcanic tuff, stand with their backs to the sea gazing inland over the island, representing deified ancestors of the Rapa Nui people.
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