[post_page_title]A monumental task[/post_page_title]
Almost all of the moai statues found on Easter Island were carved in the same place, a quarry site on the side of the dormant Rano Raraku volcano. They were hand carved out of solidified volcanic ash using chisels made of basalt stone. There would be numerous teams working on different statues at any given time, but it would still take 5-6 men roughly a year to finish carving a single statue. Speaking of the aforementioned quarry…
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