Moai - Wikipedia
Easter Island statues are known for their large, broad noses and big chins, along with rectangle-shaped ears and deep eye slits. Their bodies are normally squatting, with their arms resting in different positions and are without legs. The majority of the ahu are found along the coast and face inland towards the community.
Easter Island | Map, Statues, Heads, History, Moai, & Facts
2024年12月17日 · Easter Island, Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian island world. It is famous for its giant stone statues. The island stands in isolation 1,200 miles (1,900 km) east of Pitcairn Island and 2,200 miles (3,540 km) west of Chile.
Easter Island - Wikipedia
The island is renowned for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. Experts differ on when the island's Polynesian inhabitants first reached the island.
Easter Island ‑ Statues, Head & Chile - HISTORY
2009年11月9日 · Easter Island, located about 2,300 miles off Chile in the South Pacific Ocean, is known for its nearly 900 giant stone statues that date back several centuries.
复活节岛石像 - 百度百科
复活节岛石像，智利的世界遗产之一。摩艾（Moai），另译：摩阿仪、摩埃、毛埃，是位于复活节岛（Easter Island）的一群巨型人像，遍布全岛，是智利的旅游景色与世界遗产之一。有些摩艾会被放置在名叫“阿胡（Ahu）”的石头站台。
Everything to know about Easter Island's iconic statues
2022年10月19日 · One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth, Easter Island is famous for the thousand or so enigmatic, towering statues that dot its landscape, called moai. Earlier this month, a fire...
A Guide to Easter Island, Chile - National Geographic
2018年6月13日 · Giant moai statues dot the grassy flanks of an extinct volcano on Easter Island. The isolated Rapa Nui developed a distinct architectural and artistic culture that weathered the centuries.
Easter Island - Moai, Rapa Nui, Statues | Britannica
2024年12月17日 · Statues of the middle period were all quarried from the special yellow-gray tuff found in the crater walls of the volcano Rano Raraku. Inside and outside the crater bowl numerous unfinished statues and thousands of crude stone picks are scattered about, bearing witness to a sudden interruption of the sculptors’ work.
Easter Island Statues – moai | Chile Culture
The massive 887 stone statues or moai built in Easter Island by the Rapa Nui are unique. Although there are stone figures in other Polynesian islands none of them are of the size of the Easter Island statues. The largest finished statue reaches more than 30 feet or 9.14 meters and the smallest 6 feet or 1.80 meters.
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and its famous Moai statues
2024年6月21日 · Chile, the closest South American country, is located about 2,300 miles (3,700 km) to the east. The famous carvings are massive, up to 40 feet (12 meters) tall and 75 tons in weight. They were...