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Volcanic crater on Easter Island
Yes — the famous “Easter Island heads” (moai) are not just heads: most moai are full-bodied carved figures whose lower portions have in many cases been buried by centuries of sediment and erosion, a f...
The short answer is: yes — systematic archaeological excavations and modern mapping have repeatedly re-exposed, studied and in some cases fully excavated moai and quarry contexts on Rapa Nui (Easter I...
Archaeological and scientific reporting shows that the famous “heads” of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are, in most cases, complete statues whose torsos and lower parts lie buried by centuries of sediment ...
A multi-decade research program led by Carl Lipo and Terry Hunt argues the moai were moved upright by a controlled rocking or “walking” motion using ropes and relatively few people; field experiments ...