easter island moai excavation

And, to see photos of the first documented excavations of the Moai (the above photo is from Heyerdahl's 1989 Easter Island: The Mystery Solved) and read more about the entire expedition, see Heyerdahl's Aku Aku of 1958.


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Easter Island Maoi Statues

It includes (among the dry details of the research) a day-by-day journal of the work, as well as remarkable photographs showing the petroglyphs and team members excavating. Above is an... For more on the Easter Island statues, read more about the EISP, read their extensive research reports, and check out the Wikipedia page on Moai (which also discusses the fairly well-known fact that many of the statues used to have hats or possibly topknots, known as pukao).
The Easter Island “Heads” Have Bodies - Mental Floss

The statues were fabricated in the middle of the island. There is no knowing how they were placed on the seashore. According to the legend, they “walked” all by themselves. Today Easter Island is Chile territory. Moai is one...
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