# The moai standing on the outer slope of Rano Raraku

> The moai standing on the outer slope of Rano Raraku

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai/artifacts/ART0CTG3AKC5YX9/the-moai-standing-on-the-outer-slope-of-rano-raraku  
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**ART** 0CTG3AKC5YX9·Artifact · object

# The moai standing on the outer slope of Rano Raraku

PhotographPublic domainAD 1200s to 1600s

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The moai standing on the outer slope of Rano Raraku: photo

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Aurbina. Public domain

## Copies 5

**Photo** Aurbina · commons.wikimedia.org · 2004-01 · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moai_Rano_raraku.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/3b8f12e704f8c5eee3ec86fa2cb5d7fd9ef8cc02b75038c82a28305937b5c24d)

**Picture** Aurbina · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moai_Rano_raraku.jpg)

**Photograph** Rivi · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 3.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ahu_Tongariki.jpg)

**Photograph** Dennis G. Jarvis · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chile-03413_-_Old_Moai_Head_(49073326952).jpg)

**Photograph** Dennis G. Jarvis · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chile-03416_-_Female_Moai_(49072591233).jpg)

## Where it was made

[Rano Raraku](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTG2VYM6NP5/rano-raraku) · Volcanic crater and statue quarry

## Sources 1

- [New excavations in Easter Island's statue quarry: Soil fertility, site formation and chronology](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2RH8020X/new-excavations-in-easter-islands-statue-quarry-soil)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The moai standing on the outer slope of Rano Raraku [Artifact ART0CTG3AKC5YX9]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CTG3AKC5YX9
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Key

**ART** 0CTG3AKC5YX9

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ, Rapa Nui National Park (Ma'u Henua community administration, CONAF)

Dated

AD 1200s to 1600s

Licence

Public domain

Place

[Rano Raraku](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CTG2VYM6NP5/rano-raraku)

Part of

[Easter Island moai](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/easter-island-moai)

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