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- Ahu Tongariki is positioned to face the rising sun on the summer solstice and measures 100m in length, with the arms extending out to 200m, with the 15 Moai standing proudly on top.
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Coordinates: 27°7′33″S 109°16′37″W. Ahu Tongariki. The second moai from the right has a pukao on its head. All fifteen standing moai at Ahu Tongariki. Ahu Tongariki ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈa.u toŋɡaˈɾiki]) is the largest ahu on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
Ahu Tongariki is the largest ceremonial structure built on Easter Island and the most important megalithic monument in all of Polynesia. It represents the zenith of the sacred constructions called ahu-moai that were developed in Rapa Nui for more than 500 years.
May 16, 2023 · In addition, Ahu Tongariki is one of the most impressive cultural and archaeological sites on the island, boasting 15 massive stone statues, known as moai, that stand tall and proud against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean.
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Its tallest moai, measuring 9 m, is the heaviest statue to ever have been successfully transported and placed on an ahu, with a weight of 86 tons, measured with the actual crane that performed the restorations.
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Ahu Tongariki in 1914. At the time, all the coastal moais were still overturned. Ahu Tongariki is positioned to face the rising sun on the summer solstice and measures 100m in length, with the arms extending out to 200m, with the 15 Moai standing proudly on top. Ahu Tongariki was not immune to the war that happened after 1680, many of the Moai ...
Ahu Tongariki is positioned to face the rising sun on the summer solstice and measures 100m in length, with the arms extending out to 200m, with the 15 Moai standing proudly on top. Ahu Tongariki was not immune to the war that happened after 1680, many of the Moai were pulled over by the rival tribe.
Sep 7, 2022 · Standing up to two storeys tall and with their backs to the choppy Pacific Ocean, the statues' empty eye sockets, once embellished with white coral and red scoria, gazed perennially across...
