15 Stunning Photos from Easter Island | Condé Nast Traveler
WEBJul 28, 2013 · 15 Stunning Photos from Easter Island. Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, boasts stupendous nature and enigmatic stone statues. By Chaney Kwak. July 28, 2013. Chaney Kwak. Dawn breaks over Ahu...
3,740 Moai Easter Island Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures - Getty Images
WEBBrowse 3,740 authentic moai easter island stock photos, high-res images, and pictures, or explore additional angkor wat or stonehenge stock images to find the right photo at the right size and resolution for your project.
The Moai: Everything to Know About the Easter Island Heads
WEBMar 6, 2024 · The Easter Island heads, referred to as Moai (meaning statue) in their native language, are monolithic sculptures. They depict human figures, said to be representations of the island inhabitants’ ancestors. They were created between the 13th and 16th centuries and carry a lot of meaning.
Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Moai - Smarthistory
WEBEaster Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. The moai were probably carved to commemorate important ancestors and were made from around 1000 C.E. until the second half of the seventeenth century.
Easter Island | Map, Statues, Heads, History, Moai, & Facts
WEB4 days ago · Easter Island, Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian island world. It is famous for its giant stone statues. The island stands in isolation 1,200 miles (1,900 km) east of Pitcairn Island and 2,200 miles (3,540 km) west of Chile.
Moai - Wikipedia
WEBMoai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s. 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 Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500. [ 1 ][ 2 ...
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and its famous Moai statues
WEBJun 21, 2024 · Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island (a name given to it by Europeans), is located in the southeast Pacific and is famous for its approximately 1,000 carvings of moai, human-faced statues.
Moai on Easter Island - World History Commons
WEB3 days ago · The Moai are large statues on Easter Island in Oceania, known for their distinctive head and facial features. The moai were created by the Rapa Nui people likely between 1250 and 1600 CE.
Moai - British Museum
WEBThe Museum cares for two large stone moai from Rapa Nui (Easter Island): Hoa Hakananai'a and Moai Hava. Moai are megalithic statues often placed upon ahu (ceremonial platforms). They are said to be the aringa ora, the living faces of the ancestors.
Easter Island | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBThe most recognizable art forms from Easter Island are its colossal stone figures, or moai, images of ancestral chiefs whose supernatural power protected the community. Between roughly 1100 and 1650, Rapa Nui carvers created some 900 of these sculptures, nearly all of which are still in situ.