# The Rano Raraku quarry faces with unfinished moai

> Hundreds of statues in every stage of carving, still attached to the bedrock by keels, with the cut-outs and debris that show how they were made. The…

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# The Rano Raraku quarry faces with unfinished moai

ObjectCC BY-NC 4.0Worked AD 1200s to 1600s

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17095895).

Hundreds of statues in every stage of carving, still attached to the bedrock by keels, with the cut-outs and debris that show how they were made. The 2025 model maps about 30 separate carving areas.

Carl Lipo, Terry Hunt, Thomas Pingel and team, 2023. CC BY-NC 4.0

## Copies 1

**Model** Carl Lipo, Terry Hunt, Thomas Pingel and team · doi.org · 2023-06/2024-01 · CC BY-NC 4.0Primary source: [Megalithic Statue (Moai) Production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile): 3D model and feature data](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2VPT5PQZ/megalithic-statue-moai-production-on-rapa-nui-easter-island)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17095895)

## Where it was made

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

## Sources 2

- [Megalithic Statue (Moai) Production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile): 3D model and feature data](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2VPT5PQZ/megalithic-statue-moai-production-on-rapa-nui-easter-island)_SRC_
- [Megalithic statue (moai) production on Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CTG2R9E0PWR/megalithic-statue-moai-production-on-rapa-nui-easter-island)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Rano Raraku quarry faces with unfinished moai [Artifact ART0CTG3B3009FQ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CTG3B3009FQ
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**ART** 0CTG3B3009FQ

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Object

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In situ, Rapa Nui National Park

Dated

worked AD 1200s to 1600s; recorded by drone June 2023 to January 2024

Licence

CC BY-NC 4.0

Place

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

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

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