Moai or moʻai (/ ˈmoʊ.aɪ / ⓘ MOH-eye; Spanish: moái; Rapa Nui: moʻai, lit. 'statue') are monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in eastern …

Nov 24, 2019 · Located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for immense, carved stone statues called moai. A completed moai is made of …

Mar 6, 2024 · How Were the Moai Made? Moai in the British Museum. Source: The Telegraph These statues were created with basalt or tuff, a form of solidified volcanic ash found on Rapa …

Jan 18, 2024 · Who made the Easter Island statues? They were created by the Rapa Nui people, probably between 1250 and 1500, and are monolithic depictions of large human heads with …

Feb 6, 2025 · The Moai statues of Easter Island are enduring symbols of the ingenuity and resilience of the Rapa Nui people. While much about their construction and purpose remains …

Oct 19, 2022 · What are the moai—and who built them? At latest count on the island, there are 1,043 complete moai, enormous statues with prominent heads made from volcanic stone. …

Hoa Hakananai’a (‘lost or stolen friend’), Moai (ancestor figure), c. 1200 C.E., 242 x 96 x 47 cm, basalt (missing paint, coral eye sockets, and stone eyes), likely made in Rano Kao, Rapa Nui …

Moai statues are massive megaliths at Easter Island, and these are what this island is famous for. The moais were built in approximately 1400 - 1650 A.D. by the natives of this island also …

Jan 13, 2023 · The Easter Island head statues of Rapa Nui are known as the Moai statues and they were sculpted sometime between the years 1250 and 1500. While half of them were …

It is believed that the moai's carvings started around 1200, just after people first came on the island, and finished around 1650. See what science has discovered about the construction of …