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Walk among giants in the legendary moai statue quarry Rano Raraku. This volcano that was turned into a factory invokes a sense of mystery in an almost surreal way, stronger than any other place at Easter Island. This is the heart of ancient Rapa Nui civilization with hundreds of abandoned moais scattered around.
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Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island in Chile. It was a quarry for about 500 years until the early eighteenth century, and supplied the stone from which about 95% of the island's known monolithic sculptures ( moai ...
The archaeological sites of Easter Island are protected within Rapa Nui National Park, an open-air museum that has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1995. One important site is Rano Raraku, a volcanic crater located in the southeastern coast of Easter Island.
The Rano Raraku volcano is one of the most incredible and extraordinary archaeological sites on the planet. In this magical place full of mystery, the moai were made, the giant statues that have made Easter Island famous worldwide.
Oct 10, 2022 · The fire – caused by the nearby Rano Raraku volcano – started Monday and razed more than 100 hectares of the island, damaging its famous stone-carved statues known as ‘Moai’ which were ...
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Oct 19, 2022 · The largest discovered moai, named “El Gigante,” is one that never made it out of Rano Raraku—it is 69 feet tall and is thought to weigh about 200 metric tons. These statues were erected...
Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater on the southeastern coast of the island where most of the moai were made during the 12th to 15th centuries. Easter Island by Carl Mydans LIFE Photo...
