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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano.Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock. Unfinished "moai"lie on the slopes of the volcano.
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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff o...

Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano.Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock. Unfinished "moai"lie on the slopes of the volcano.
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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff o...

Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano.Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock. Unfinished "moai"lie on the slopes of the volcano.
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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff o...

On the southern slope of Rano Raraku volcano stands the oldest statue on the island: the figure of a kneeling man sitting on his heels. This statue,too, has never left the quarry where it was sculpted.
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On the southern slope of Rano Raraku volcano stands the oldest statue on the...

Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano.When finished, the moai,weighing several tons, were transported on logs to their place on the sea.Abandoned statues near the shore.
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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff o...

Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano.When finished, the moai,weighing several tons, were transported on logs to their place on the sea.Abandoned statues near the shore.
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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff o...

Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano.When finished, the moai,weighing several tons, were transported on logs to their place on the sea.Abandoned statues near the shore.
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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff o...

Ahu Tahiri,an "ahu" or ceremonial platform for moais, the Easter Island statues.The perfectly fitted stones, some weighing 7 tons,led Thor Heyerdahl to believe the original settlers were South American Indians.Today scientists say Easter Islanders come from Polynesia.
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Ahu Tahiri,an "ahu" or ceremonial platform for moais, the Easter Island statue...

Ahu Tahiri,an "ahu" or ceremonial platform for moais, the Easter Island statues.The perfectly fitted stones, some weighing 7 tons,led Thor Heyerdahl to believe the original settlers were South American Indians.Today scientists say Easter Islanders come from Polynesia.
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Ahu Tahiri,an "ahu" or ceremonial platform for moais, the Easter Island statue...

During the 15th century,the ancestor cult with moai- statues lost importance.Moais were toppled,as here in Ahu Tahiri,and half-finished statues abandoned in the quarry of Rano Raraku volcano.
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During the 15th century,the ancestor cult with moai- statues lost importance....

During the 15th century,the ancestor cult with moai- statues lost importance.Moais were toppled,as here in Ahu Tahiri,and half-finished statues abandoned in the quarry of Rano Raraku volcano.
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During the 15th century,the ancestor cult with moai- statues lost importance....

During the 15th century,the ancestor cult with moai- statues lost importance.Moais, even the largest with a length of 20,65 m,weighing 250 tons,was abandoned in the quarry of Rano Raraku volcano.
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During the 15th century,the ancestor cult with moai- statues lost importance....