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Mangyol Stone Money Bank
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Mangyol Stone Money Bank

Makiy, Gagil, Yap State, Makiy, Gagil, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia

Mangyol is a cross-shaped ceremonial ground in Yap holding dozens of massive limestone discs — stone money quarried hundreds of miles away in Palau and paddled home by...

Vinapu Ceremonial Complex
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Vinapu Ceremonial Complex

Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile

Vinapu's rear wall shows the finest unmortared stonework on Rapa Nui, blocks of basalt cut and fitted with a precision that has drawn comparisons to Inca masonry for...

Ahu Nau Nau
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Ahu Nau Nau

Anakena, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Anakena, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile

At Anakena's white-sand cove, seven restored moai stand where, according to Rapa Nui tradition, the island's first Polynesian settlers made landfall....

Tahai Ceremonial Complex
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Tahai Ceremonial Complex

Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile

Tahai gathers three ahu — Ko Te Riku, Tahai, and Vai Uri — into a single coastal complex near Hanga Roa, one of the island's oldest ceremonial sites and, today, its...

Ahu Tongariki
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Ahu Tongariki

Hanga Nui, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Nui, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile

Fifteen moai face inland across a hundred-meter stone platform at Hanga Nui bay, backs to the Pacific, watching over a community they were carved to protect....

Ahu Akivi
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Ahu Akivi

Hanga Roa interior, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa interior, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile

Ahu Akivi's seven uniform moai stand on an inland pasture, gazing toward the ocean rather than a settlement — the only ahu on Rapa Nui known to do so....

Rano Raraku
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Rano Raraku

Hanga Roa / Hanga Nui area, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa / Hanga Nui area, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile

On the slopes of a volcanic crater on Rapa Nui's eastern side, hundreds of moai stand half-buried in the earth where they were carved — some finished, some abandoned...

Nan Madol
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Nan Madol

Temwen Island, Pohnpei State, Temwen Island, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia

Nan Madol rises from a Pohnpei lagoon as ninety-odd artificial islets stacked with basalt columns weighing tens of tons apiece....

Orongo Ceremonial Village
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Orongo Ceremonial Village

Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, Valparaíso Region, Chile

On the rim of the Rano Kau volcanic crater, low stone houses look out over sheer cliffs toward three offshore islets....

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