The fifteen restored Moai of Ahu Tongariki, the largest ceremonial platform on Easter Island. These monolithic statues gaze inland with their backs to the
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The fifteen restored Moai of Ahu Tongariki, the largest ceremonial platform on Easter Island. These monolithic statues gaze inland with their backs to the sea, and the method of their transport from the Rano Raraku quarry continues to generate competing theories.
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