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	NOVA Online \| Secrets of Easter Island \| Stone Giants
		Here, the moai are more 'standardized' in design, and are believed to have been carved, transported, and erected between AD 1400 and 1600.
		They stand with their backs to the sea and are believed by most archaeologists to represent the spirits of ancestors, chiefs, or other high-ranking males who held important positions in the history of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, the name given by the indigenous people to their island in the 1860s.
		This digital statue has informed her hypothesis for a potential transport method for moving the moai; the statue which Van Tilburg's team will attempt to move and erect for the NOVA program has been made to the exact dimensions of this digital moai.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/easter/civilization/giants.html (620 words)

	Moai - Simple English Wikipedia
		Moai are usually called "heads" but most of them do have shoulders, arms, and a body, which have become buried over the years.
		The moai are between 2.5 and 10 metres high and, usually, weigh 14 tonnes.
		The youngest moai found was built around 1350 and it is believed that, around that time, there began a time of cold weather, little food, and war between the peoples.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moai (346 words)

	Easter Island - Moai - Crystalinks
		Moai are statues carved of compressed volcanic ash on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
		Moai in the range of 12 to 20 feet are common.
		The people of Rapa Nui believed that the moai also possessed mana, which was instilled at the time their white coral eyes were put in place, and that the moai used their mana to protect the people of the island.
	www.crystalinks.com /easterisland.html (3440 words)

	etribal, Tribal Art magazine online, TribalArts nr.27, english (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many moai miro were reportedly worn as pendants at feasts and other important occasions and the backs of most examples bear a single hole that could have been used to suspend them.
		Moai kavakava display considerable stylistic variability, indicating they were carved by a number of artists over a considerable period of time.
		By analogy, the masculine features of moai papa may indicate that the supernatural power of the female beings they represent was equivalent to that of their male counterparts.
	www.etribal.com /e/tribalarts27.php3 (3884 words)

	Constructing the Moai (Site not responding. Last check: )
		How and why the moai were carved, transported to their sites, and stood up has long been the subject of enormous archaeological debate and energy.
		Excavations have found that the moai here are not simply heads; they are full figures (that is, going down to the waist) but have been partially buried in rubble over the centuries.
		Interestingly, some moai have carvings on them which don't seem to fit and are believed to be "graffiti" by islanders at a much later point in time.
	home.comcast.net /~flaatnet/chile2003/consmoai.html (802 words)

	New Data about the Transport and Lifting of Moai Statues and Pukao Hats by Sergei V. Rjabchikov
		Small moai figures are carved on a moai statue situated at the Rano Raraku quarry (Lee 1992: 56, figure 4.19: the upper figure).
		An inverted crescent and the name 4-40 Tireo of the 2nd night of moon age (the date of the erection of a statue after a possible solar eclipse?) are carved to the right of the figures.
		As we see from right to left, the small moai figure is depicted on a sledge in a lying position; glyphs 115-115 takataka are carved on the figure, cf.
	rongorongo.chat.ru /artrr11.htm (670 words)

	Easter Island
		Another 600 moai statues, in various stages of completion, are scattered around the island, either in quarries or along ancient roads between the quarries and the coastal areas where the statues were most often erected.
		Nearly all the moai are carved from the tough stone of the Rano Raraku volcano.
		Some moai were as large as 33 feet and weighed more than 80 tons (one statue only partially quarried from the bedrock was 65 feet long and would have weighed an estimated 270 tons).
	www.world-mysteries.com /easter_island.htm (2620 words)

	Easter Island Moai Conspiracy
		Moai is the name the local inhabitants gave the great statues more than 500 years ago.
		Easter Island inhabitants began to wage war with one another to compete for what little resources were left on the island all for the sake of the Moai's.
		The inhabitants died off leaving no written record of the purpose of the great Moai statues that stood guard around the island.
	www.lotgk.com /conspiracy/easterisland.asp (343 words)

	Easter Island Statue (Moai) at Pacific Culture Gallery, Dunedin New Zealand
		In general moai form the upper part of a male body, standing upright and facing forward, with arms held tightly at the sides.
		It is thought that moai represent the spirits of illustrious ancestors such as chiefs and leaders, although the statues are not portrait sculptures.
		Many moai are found on the sacred ceremonial areas of the island known as 'ahu'.
	www.otagomuseum.govt.nz /easter_island_statue.html (482 words)

	Humu Kon Tiki » Massive Moai
		The moai is not in the greatest shape, but is currently being restored with hopes of returning it to its proper post once more.
		The moai were such a strong visual that even in a city defined by its strong visuals, they were a standout, and became icons for not just the Stardust, but for Vegas itself.
		The moai may not be accessible by road, but it isn’t hard to get to by water, and ZuluMagoo has seen it in person and shared recent photos on Tiki Central.
	blog.humuhumu.com /category/massive-moai (1098 words)

	Kon-Tiki Web: Walking statue
		A group of direct descendants from the prehistoric sculptors demonstrated convincingly how it was possible to carve a moai from the tuff in the abandoned image quarries of the Rano Raraku crater walls using only the basalt hand-picks (toki) left in profusion everywhere in the quarries.
		I: The first experiment was intended to test how the moai might have been transported on their crude, unfinished backs down the slopes from the quarries to the foot of the volcano.
		To be able to move the statue forward through a system of tilting and twisting, ropes were fastened around the top of the head as well as around the base of the bust (Fig.
	www.museumsnett.no /kon-tiki/Research/Papers/walking_statue.html (1760 words)

	Easter Island: Moai Figures \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Fallen moai at the temple of Ahu Vaihu.
		The moai represent ancestral chiefs who were believed to be descended directly from the gods and whose supernatural powers could be harnessed for the benefit of humanity.
		Each moai was commissioned by a specific individual or group and created by a team of expert stoneworkers under the direction of a master carver.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/moai/hd_moai.htm (495 words)

	Easter Island Tour - Rano Raraku
		The Moai that you see half buried on the sides of the volcanic cone of Rano Raraku were pieces waiting to be transported to ahu around the island.
		One of the unfinished moai, completely carved but not removed from the crater wall, is a staggering 70 feet in length.
		It is a very realistic piece compared to the traditional moai and it is unclear whether this was a very early piece or a later development.
	mysteriousplaces.com /Easter_Island/html/site1.html (722 words)

	Working at Moai
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		By providing the most comprehensive e-Sourcing solution on the market, Moai is best positioned to meet the evolving sourcing needs of companies.
		If you want to participate in changing the way companies conduct business throughout the world, then consider joining Moai's team.
	www.moai.com /corporate/careers.asp (108 words)

	MOAI : Information from Oceanic Mythology
		One of the most evocative images in the entire world, the MOAI are ancient brooding figures carved from great slabs of volcanic rock.
		More than a thousand MOAI can be found scattered over the island, most of them standing with their backs to the sea.
		The mystery is enhanced by the fact that most of the MOAI weigh a truly ridiculous amount of tons.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/oceanic-mythology.php?deity=MOAI (250 words)

	Gaijin Productions - Spotlight: Moai Kun (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Moai Kun, from Konami, was released in 1990 for the Family Computer system.
		Little Moai has a pathetic vertical and must his head (literally) to open each level's exit.
		The gameplay, once you get used to Moai's full range of motion, is straight forward.
	gaijin.parodius.com /Moai.htm (514 words)

	Some Ahu of Easter Island
		he moai are found in three situations: on ahu or platforms, in and around the statue quarry of Rano Raraku and along the moai transportation roads.
		With fifteen moai it is the most impressive of the ahu and perhaps the most important.
		Even after the the moai were toppled the ahu served as ceremonial sites, and tombs were constructed around and under the fallen statues.
	home.att.net /~Karen.Crisafulli/ahu.html (301 words)

	Moai Stock Photos and Images. 303 Moai pictures and photography available to search from over 50 stock photo vendors.
		Low angle view of four Moai statues, Easter Island,...
		Moai at Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile
		Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile
	www.fotosearch.com /photos-images/moai.html (221 words)

	Easter Island (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thus the Paschalococos disperta palm tree trunks are the most probable candidates for the solution to the transportation of the enormous moai from their carving location at the Rano Raraku volcano to the many locations where they were erected around the island.
		The moai and ahu were in use as early as AD 500, the majority were carved and erected between AD 1000 and 1650, and they were still standing when Jacob Roggeveen visited the island in 1722.
		For much of the last 300 years, Easter Island's indigenous population was considered to be 'savages' and 'degenerates', incapable of carving, transporting or raising the sculptures (moai) that symbolised the island's landscape.
	sacredsites.com /americas/chile/easter_island.html (13993 words)

	Amazon.com: Moai: Music: Monica Ramos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Moai, so named for the enormous stone sculptures on Easter Island, a Pacific isle of harpist Monica Ramos's native Chile, is a heady mix of electro-acoustic genre-busting compositions written, arranged, and produced by Per Andreason.
		On "Moai", she plays the harp to a background of new age sounds, down tempo, and occassional upbeat techno beats and creates an atmosphere of reflection, beauty, and compassion that is unrivaled.
		At all times Moai is a beautiful, soothing and immersive collection of music and more than deserves 5+ stars.
	www.amazon.com /Moai-Monica-Ramos/dp/B00000JLJA (1277 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - The Mystery of Easter Island
		There are nearly 900 moai on Easter Island, in various stages of construction.
		Opinions differ widely on how they were moved and raised (Some think they were walked; others that they were pushed on log rollers.) but no one disputes the years of effort involved in getting the statues carved and into place.
		He believes the statues were overseeing the people, part of a Polynesian tradition of ancestor worship but on a scale seen nowhere else.
	www.bbc.co.uk /science/horizon/2003/easterisland.shtml (1236 words)

	Moai Technologies Inc. information and related industry information from Hoover's
		Moai Technologies is solving the mystery of how to connect companies with their suppliers.
		Moai is backed by such investors as Redleaf Group and Harborvest Venture Partners.
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	hoovers.com /moai-technologies/--ID__60490--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml (427 words)

	ecommercesurvival.com - Moai Technologies Receives ‘IT Award of Excellence’ (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Moai Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of technology-enabled sourcing solutions, today announced that it had been accredited by the Institute of Transport Management (ITM) and is to receive the ‘IT Award of Excellence 2002’ in recognition of the contribution it has made to the transportation industry.
		Moai Technologies is a provider of technology-enabled sourcing solutions that allow global corporations and e-marketplaces to realise the maximum savings possible through e-sourcing.
		Moai’s solutions consist of applications and sourcing consulting services that can be customised and scaled to meet the needs of even the largest corporations, no matter where they are in the e-sourcing process.
	ecommercesurvival.com /content/view/440/2 (6262 words)

	MOAI
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		MOAI are an alternative rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
		Read about the famous MOAI statues found on Easter Island (Rapa Nui).
	www.squidoo.com /moai (213 words)

	Jay is Games: Nest of Moai
		The goal in Nest of Moai is to move the cursor over the Moai statues to score points.
		Nest of Moai pulls this off very well in a short period of time and successfully calls you back for more.
		Nest of Moai is another game from the great SKT Products, who created Magnet 2, Bombsweeper 3D, Goki Dash, and The Frog World.
	jayisgames.com /archives/2006/03/nest_of_moai_1.php (615 words)

	Magnificent moai (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The quarry is the volcano from which all the Moai were carved.
		The winner was then named bird man for the next year and from what I can gather this enabled them to rule the island from a cave where they lived alone without washing.
		At the highest point you have a 360 degree view of the island and with nothing obscuring the view for 200km in any direction and you can see the curve of the earth on the horizon, its amazing just for that.
	www.travelblog.org /South-America/Chile/Easter-Island/blog-21587.html (966 words)

	Moai on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Fifteen Moai restored by Japanese company Tadano between 1988 and 1996, lined up at Ahu Tongariki.
		Some history suggests that at Ahus (ceremonial platforms) like this, they were actually meant to be lined up, in accordance with the customs of the Moai cult, where chieftans would demand ever bigger Moai to show the strength of their clan.
		The ones on the hill side were unfinished pieces of work, left there as wars between rival clans on the island led to toppling of the Moai at Ahus just like this one.
	www.flickr.com /photos/mybigtrip/62644661 (239 words)

	Canon 3D Papercraft - Moai Statues of Easter Island, Chile
		Canon 3D Papercraft - Moai Statues of Easter Island, Chile
		Construction on the Moai statues on Easter Island (governed by Chile) is said to have begun as early as the eighth century, only to come to an abrupt halt one day in the 17th century.
		Made of Easter Island's compressed volcanic ash, these statues may have served a religious purpose.
	cp.c-ij.com /english/3D-papercraft/building/moai_e.html (99 words)

	Rock Art of Easter Island
		Archaeological studies have been in progress for many years on Easter Island.
		However, the majority of studies and excavations have focused on the monolithic statues (moai) and ceremonial shrines (ahu).
		Many early visitors and researchers noted and commented upon a few petroglyphs, but little attention was directed towards the island's rock art, either generally or specifically.
	www.bradshawfoundation.com /easter/rockart.html (901 words)

	Moai in Dormitz/ Deutschland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Making your own Moai is quite simple - as the pictures above indicate.
		If you know other Moais outside Easter Island, please let me know.
		If you have made your own Moai already, we should exchange our experience!
	schulz.bytework.de /moai/moai.htm (38 words)

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