Easter Island

Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is a special territory of Chile in the SE Pacific Ocean.

It is home to 887 giant stone figurines called “MOAI” dated ~800 AD. 

Location of Easter Island in Pacific Ocean
By Uwe Dedering - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, (wikimedia)
Location of Easter Island in Pacific Ocean
By Uwe Dedering - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, (wikimedia)

Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is a special territory of Chile in the SE Pacific Ocean.

It is home to 887 giant stone figurines called “MOAI” dated ~800 AD. 

Moai at Tano Taraku, Easter Island
By Aurbina - Own work, Wikimedia

The average MOAI is 13 feet tall and 13.78 tons. The largest standing MOAI is 32 feet tall and 82 tons.

Easter Island
By Bjørn Christian Tørrissen - http://bjornfree.com/galleries.html, CC BY-SA 3.0 (wikimedia)

The average MOAI is 13 feet tall and 13.78 tons. The largest standing MOAI is 32 feet tall and 82 tons.

Moai at Tano Taraku, Easter Island
By Aurbina - Own work, Wikimedia

 It remains for the most part a mystery how, why and by whose hand these stone giants came to exist on this tiny Polynesian island 1400 years ago??

 It remains for the most part a mystery how, why and by whose hand these stone giants came to exist on this tiny Polynesian island 1400 years ago??