2024年2月24日 · Nestled on the remote and enigmatic Easter Island, known to its indigenous people as Rapa Nui, stands one of the most awe-inspiring testaments to ancient ingenuity and determination: the Moai statue known as "El Gigante."

The tallest moai erected, called Paro, was almost 10 metres (33 ft) high and weighed 82 tonnes (81 long tons; 90 short tons). [9][10] The heaviest moai erected was a shorter but squatter moai at Ahu Tongariki, weighing 86 tonnes (85 long tons; 95 short tons).

Te Tokanga is the largest moai statue ever carved on Easter Island and still remains in the quarry of the Rano Raraku volcano.

2010年1月14日 · Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) is the ultimate island. Besides its remoteness,Rapa Nui is, of course, famous for its massive stone sculptures or moai. The largest of these is "El...

The Paro moai is the largest moai ever erected on a platform in Rapa Nui. It now lies toppled at Ahu te Piro Kura, located on the northeast coast of Easter Island.

2017年8月16日 · The title The Giant is fitting for this largest Moai statue ever carved on Easter Island. Towering at nearly 22 meters (72 feet) tall and weighing an estimated 160 tons, El Gigante lies unfinished in the Rano Raraku quarry, the birthplace of almost all Moai.

2022年4月8日 · El Gigante is the largest of the Moai: the massive stone sculptures found on Easter Island. It is located near the Rano Raraku Quarry, in a volcanic crater on the island’s southeastern coast, and even in its unfinished state it is magnificent.