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— Easter Island - Rano Raraku 04
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2009-01-25 02:32:55 +0000 UTC
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These Moais in Rano Raraku (the quarry volcano) are quite tall : most of it is hidden inside the ground ! All around this side of the volcano they sculpted these moais. Some are burried in the ground like those, some are only shaped on the cliffs. In total, there is about 120 moais visible inside the volcano and if my memory's right a little less than 100 on the outside cliff of the volcano. They even made some moais on top of the hill, on the edge between the inside and the outside.
The history of the Island inhabitants is quite complex. They were polynesians and arrived around the 12 century. One or two century later they started to build the first ahus. Then little by little they dismounted these ahus and build new ones... Up to 3 generations on one spot. The latest one were build around the 16th century.
Easter Island is the remotest inhabited Island in the world. It's in the middle of the Pacific ocean, 4000 km away from the coast of Chile and 2500 km away from the closest inhabited Island (Gambier Island)
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