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Tongariki Moai

Three of the moai at Tongariki, the largest ahu on Easter Island. It's moais, in the twentieth century, were swept inland by a tsunami. It has since been restored and has fifteen moai, including one that weighs eighty-six tons, the heaviest ever erected on the island.

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Three of the moai at Tongariki, the largest ahu on Easter Island. It's moais, in the twentieth century, were swept inland by a tsunami. It has since been restored and has fifteen moai, including one that weighs eighty-six tons, the heaviest ever erected on the island.