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Easter Island Statues
Where: South Pacific Ocean
Built between: AD1100 and 1600
The giant stone statues, called "moai" are carved from single pieces of compressed ash.
"No one has come up with a good explanation for how Stone Age people could have lugged the statues - some of which weigh more than 50 tons - from the quarry where they were carved across miles of rough terrain" - Discover Magazine
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