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Silent sentinels: Fifteen stone moai stand watch on a 720-foot-long platform at Tongariki on Easter Island. | Karen Schwartz~AP
It’s not known how or why the island’s stone moai were quarried, carved and set about Easter Island. | Karen Schwartz~AP
EASTER ISLAND, Chile — From its famed giant stone statues to finding a good, affordable hotel, Easter Island is full of mysteries. There are ancient questions, like how the statues were transported, and why the island lost its trees. And there are modern puzzles, like …
