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Moai of Rapa Nui: Then and Now

Nearly a thousand stone figures carved by the Rapa Nui between about 1250 and 1500 to honour their ancestors.

Historical view
Moai of Rapa Nui, historical view
A partly excavated moai at Rano Raraku, Mana Expedition (1914). Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Today
Moai of Rapa Nui, today
Ian Sewell, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todayChile
StatusStanding
Date1250
Location27.113° S, 109.350° W
Map showing Moai of Rapa Nui in 1200Moai of Rapa Nui
Border map for 1200. See the world in 1200.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–1199Unclaimed / no data
1200–1814Polynesians
1815–todayUnclaimed / no data

More: Historic landmarks of Chile · All landmarks

Further reading

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.