They were carved between the years 1100 and 1680
The smallest moai on Easter Island is thought to be the "Comrade" moai, which is around 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in height. It is located at the Ahu Akivi site on the island.
The moai, large stone statues, can be found on Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, a remote island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
There are around 900 Moai (stone heads) on Easter Island.
The Easter Island stone heads, known as moai, were created by the Rapa Nui people between 1400 and 1650 AD. This makes them roughly 370-620 years old.
The Moai statues on Easter Island were known to the island's inhabitants, but were rediscovered by Europeans in 1722 when the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen encountered the island.
There are one hundred twenty nine moai on Easter Island.
The smallest moai on Easter Island is thought to be the "Comrade" moai, which is around 2.4 meters (7.9 feet) in height. It is located at the Ahu Akivi site on the island.
Moai.
Easter Island
The moai, large stone statues, can be found on Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, a remote island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
Easter Island moai
Easter Island
About head sized
The Easter island Moai (monolithic human figures) are made of rock
Easter Island most famous features are its enormous stone statues called ''moai.''
There are around 900 Moai (stone heads) on Easter Island.
Moai, or mo'ai , are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Easter Island, Chile between the years 1250.