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Mystery of the Moai (Easter Island heads)

Mystery of the Moai (Easter Island heads)

Released Thursday, 14th April 2022
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Mystery of the Moai (Easter Island heads)

Mystery of the Moai (Easter Island heads)

Mystery of the Moai (Easter Island heads)

Mystery of the Moai (Easter Island heads)

Thursday, 14th April 2022
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We're heading to one of the world's most isolated and mysterious places – Easter Island! That's what a group of Dutch explorers called Rapa Nui when they came across the island on Easter Sunday in 1722. 

Rapa Nui is home to around a thousand large stone statues which have faces carved into them – called moai. People from outside the island have long wondered how its original inhabitants could have built these statues and what purpose they serve... 

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