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A aringa ora #moai, made of basalt (same material as Hoa Hakananai'a) and taken away in 1870, has returned home!

It arrived yesterday and made a procession from Hanga Roa to the local anthropological museum accompanied by hundreds of #rapanui Image
Some people are asking: "why to the museum instead of back to its original ahu?".

We agree that should be the way to do it under the right conditions. Besides, the MAPSE is just a provisional location since the museum is moving to Vaitea this decade.

What happens here is... Image
After the fall of the several moai in Ahu O Rongo (late 18th or early 19th centuries), the remains of this ceremonial center were pillaged, ravaged and destroyed mostly by colonial forces. Most of this was done in the 1870s and the 1930s. Image
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#RapaNui, quizá más conocida como #IsladePascua, es un gran misterio para muchas personas...

Empecemos por situar en el mapa 📍 este maravilloso lugar antes de intentar entender que esconde.

Rapa Nui es una isla situada en el océano Pacífico. 3600 km mar adentro desde #Chile
Es una isla de origen volcánico, con menos de 170 km2 de superficie total 🌋

Pese a su tamaño, Rapa Nui alberga una de las culturas que más ha intrigado a las investigadoras desde hace muchos años y a unos habitantes singulares... Los #Moais 🗿
Os preguntareis, ¿cómo llegaron a la isla y desde donde? Esa pregunta se la han estado haciendo las investigadoras hasta hace poco.

El poblamiento de #RapaNui comenzó entre el año 400 y el año 1000. Un gran lapso de tiempo, sí, los restos arqueológicos no permiten precisar más.
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