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#moai — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Planet on Fire

    This video presents a striking contrast between the enduring legacy of human civilisation and the imminent threat of global environmental collapse. Visual records of the Easter Island moai statues serve as silent witnesses to history, captured under the Milky Way and the glow of Pacific sunsets.

    youtu.be/X6FGqJ3SnG0

    Based on the book Planet on Fire by Mathew Lawrence.

    #books
    #video
    #environment
    #history
    #ecocide
    #EcoSocialism
    #ChristmasIsland
    #Rapanui
    #Moai

  2. These peculiarly shaped lights at the lovely Saughton Gardens, put me in mind of a Cubist sculptor doing one of the iconic Moai head statues of Easter Island.

    #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #Moai

  3. The international edition of our study on the Ahu–Moai systems of Rapa Nui is now available. It presents a network‑based structural model that reconstructs the functional organization of the island’s monumental architecture and its systemic interdependencies.

    doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18427519

    #AhuMoai #Moai #EasterIsland #Archaeology #CulturalHistory #CulturalHeritage #NetworkAnalysis #SMSA

  4. Unlocking the mysteries of Easter Island stone statues

    Easter Island, a Chilean territory known as Isla de Pascua in Spanish and Rapa Nui by native inhabitants, is a remote volcanic piece of land in the Pacific Ocean.

    It is home to almost 1,000 giant stone structures known as Moai, sculpted hundreds of years ago in tribute to local ancestors who experts say date as far back as the 13th century.

    abc.net.au/news/2026-01-02/rap

    #EasterIsland
    #Moai

  5. Seems like the only model that does it _almost_ right is the latest version of Dreamshaper XL.

    Prompt: A moai with the face of Dwayne The Rock Johnson

    #aiart #aigenerated #moai #therock

  6. Complete three-dimensional model of the Rano Raraku quarry in Rapa Nui (Chile) to study the production of moai and test sociopolitical hypotheses through spatial analysis of archaeological landscapes #moai

    journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

  7. 3D model shows small clans created #EasterIsland statues - arstechnica.com/science/2025/1 "#Moai were created by small, decentralized working groups, not managed by one central “chieftain.” "

  8. 11.686 foto aeree demoliscono 70 anni di teorie: i moai non furono opera di un impero centralizzato ma di 30 botteghe familiari indipendenti, ciascuna con stile proprio. Nessun faraone comandava a Rapa Nui, solo clan rivali che gareggiavano per la statua più grande. I droni hanno mappato l'intera cava di Rano Raraku rivelando zone autonome, tecniche diverse, e percorsi di trasporto multipli. Ancora una volta futuro significa anche capire meglio il passato!

    futuroprossimo.it/2025/11/moai

    #moai

  9. 📰 | Pseudo-#Archäologie von #Alien-#Mumien bis zu den #Moai

    Dem Vorbild von Däniken wird auch online nachgeeifert und dabei allerlei pseudo-archäologischer Schwachsinn verbreitet.

    Bernd Harder zeigt uns im #SkeptixBlog einige Beispiele von gelungenem #Debunking von Geschichtsschwurbel.

    skeptix.org/2025/10/19/pseudo-