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Friday, August 20, 2021

Easter island stone statues

For today's task I had to pick a legend to work on and find 10 interesting facts  about it heres what I created :

Easter Island Stone Statues - mani

10 interesting facts about Easter island stone statues:



  • The Easter island head statues are also know as “Moai”

  • Moai is the word statue in Rapa nui 

  • These statues were created around the time of 1000 CE

  • Some of the statues have hidden bodies underneath the dirt

  • Some believe that the stone statues mean the chiefs and the ancestors of that island.

  • There are 1000 statues on the Easter island

  • Easter island used to be filled with palm trees for over 30,000 years but its treeless now

  • MOAI stands for Ministry of agriculture and irrigation

  • The tallest statue at Easter island is named El Gigante 

  • The shortest statue stands at the height of 1.13 meters




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