The Ahu Tahai moai, on the east side of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is an impressive 4.5 metres high. Carved from a soft volcanic rock, the statue looks out solemnly over the island, with its back to the bay.
The (“where the sun sets”) and the island’s other thousand or so moai were erected roughly between the years 1100 and 1700 as a representation of Rapa
