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Excavation ongoing places tagged “rano raraku” in Chile · Mysteria

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Excavation ongoing places tagged “rano raraku” in Chile

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🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith

Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island Moai)

Rapa Nui Period 900–1500 CE; ahu construction 1000–1600 CE · Rapa Nui (Polynesian)

Remote Polynesian island 3,700 km west of Chile with nearly 900 basalt moai monoliths (up to 10 m, 86 t, one unfinished 270 t) carved 900–1500 CE at Rano Raraku tuff quarry and erected on stone ahu…