Ahu Akivi is a particular sacred place on the Chilean island of Rapa Nui (or Easter Island), looking out towards the Pacific Ocean. The site has seven moai , all of equal shape and size, and is also known as a celestial observatory that was set up around the 16th century.

Ahu Akivi was the first ahu to be restored after a small group of islanders, at the request of Thor Heyerdahl, erected the statue of the Ahu Ature Huki on the beach of Anakena in 1956. As a member of that Norwegian expedition was the American anthropologist William Mulloy, who from then on would devote a large part of his life to studying the ...

Ahu Akivi is a particular sacred place on Rapa Nui, looking out towards the Pacific Ocean. The site has seven moai, all of equal shape and size, and is also known as a celestial observatory that was set up around the 16th century.

Ahu Akivi is located inland and not by the coast, and the village was between the ahu and the ocean. Because of this, Ahu Akivi faces both the village of its owners, as well as the ocean. There are rumors among certain Rapa Nui families that the seven statues of Ahu Akivi represent the seven explorers sent by king Hotu Matu'a to find Rapa Nui a ...

2020年7月5日 · Of the hundreds of statues throughout Easter Island, the seven moai of the explorers at Ahu Akivi are the only ones which face the Pacific Ocean in order to watch over and protect the inhabitants through the influence of their mana — or mystical power — even though the ahu itself is known for its astronomical orientation and is located 2.6 kilometers inland …

The Moais of Ahu Akivi are positioned to face the sunset on the spring equinox, and their backs face the dawn on the autumn equinox. There is a legend that Ahu Akivi was created for the seven explorers that first set out to discover Rapa Nui for Ariki Hotu Matu’a, however considering the late period that Ahu Akivi was constructed it seems ...

Ahu Akivi. Ahu Akivi is constituted by seven Moai. According to different studies this Ahu was built between the years 1442 y 1600 and it was later restored in 1960-1961 by the archologists W. Mulloy y G. Figueroa. The middle platform measures 38 meters and in total it has a length of 90 meters. The seven statues were brought from...