Pukao are the hat-like structures or topknots formerly placed on top of some moai statues on Easter Island. [1] They were all carved from a very light-red volcanic scoria , which was …

Apr 2, 2025 · An example of this monumental task can be imagined in the Ahu Te Pito Kura, where one of the largest pukao ever carved was installed on the Paro moai, a huge statue of …

Jun 12, 2018 · Each of these moai were adorned with 13-ton hats made of a different type of stone that came from a separate quarry. Now, reports Kat Eschner at Popular Science, …

Jun 5, 2018 · Archaeologists put on their thinking caps to solve a long-standing puzzle about another kind of cap: the enormous stone "hats" that sit atop the heads of colossal statues on …

Mar 6, 2024 · What Are the Moai? Three Moai heads; two with necks/bodies, one without. Source: Field Museum, Chicago The moai are massive stone statues of human figures carved by the …

Jun 6, 2018 · "The best explanation for the transport of the pukao (hats) from the quarry is by rolling the raw material to the location of the moai (statues)," said Lipo. "Once at the moai, the …

Ahu Nau Nau has some of the best preserved moai on Rapa Nui. It’s located 100 meters from the white sands of Anakena beach, believed to be where Polynesian voyagers first arrived on the …

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