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] Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on st...

摩艾石像 （Moai， i / ˈmoʊ.aɪ / ，或 moʻai 西班牙語： moái）是1250年至1500年間，由 波利尼西亞 東部 復活節島 上的 拉帕努伊人 雕刻、多數是一體成形的石像 [1][2]；多半摩艾石像只有頭，也有不少石像有肩膀、手臂、軀幹以及下半身，這些石像的其他部分現在逐漸被挖掘出來 [3]。 摩艾石像的意義至今仍然不明，有不少關於這些石像成因的推論。 目前復活節島共發現約900多尊摩艾石像 [4]，相近一半未完成的石像仍位於主要的 拉諾拉拉庫 （英语：Rano Raraku） （Rano …

2013年6月1日 · Road moai data. This table contains a list of positions and photos for all identified road moai and their locations.

2019年10月24日 · Finally, there is one very short road of only 1 km (about 1,100 yards) which connects the Rano Raraku quarry with the great Ahu of Tongariki and its 15 Moai. Some parts of the roads were originally excavated in the bedrock of the Island, made up principally of hardened lava of a type known as Pahoehoe.

2018年7月12日 · Moai can be found lying about along those paths, apparently abandoned when they broke—or fell—during transport. A fallen moai on the road (called Te Ara O Te Moai) leading SW from Rano Raraku quarry, where statue heads can be seen on the left slope of the crater in the background (photo © Daniel C Browning Jr)

How could the Rapa Nui build and transport the moai? When Carl and Terry analyzed the moai lying by the roads that led from the quarry, they noticed something significant. A moai on the ahu...

2020年11月8日 · 从一千年前一直到17世纪时期，岛民雕塑了很多这种石像，将其叫做摩艾，并把它们放置在石头平台上。 岛上大约有8百多座此类石像，其中6百座左右排列在海岸边，面朝大海、背向岛屿。 石像最初可能是岛民为了纪念祖先而做，后来由于信仰的改变，石像被取下，移到石屋，并加以修改，来配合日益重要的飞人教。 当岛上资源稀缺以后，拉帕努伊的居民发明了一种新的宗教尝试，即飞人教，后世称其为“鸟人崇拜”。 岛民每年都会举行一次竞赛，参赛者要去邻近 …

UCL Rapa Nui Landscapes of Construction Interim Reports 17. This report describes and contextualises LOC's work on Rapa Nui (Easter Island)'s Ara Moai or "moai roads", a series of alignments of...

Nui is a small South Pacific island of 164 square kilometres (Fig. 2) at the south- easternmost point of the Polynesian Trian- gle made between Hawai'i, Aukland Island and Rapa Nui. It is...

2025年1月4日 · Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is known for its fascinating moai statues, which draw visitors from around the globe. These towering stone figures, with their austere and enigmatic expressions, hold tales of a rich cultural past that you can discover when you visit Easter Island.