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title: Mo'ai Statues on Easter Island
author: Ian Sewell
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13298/moai-statues-on-easter-island/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Mo'ai Statues on Easter Island
_Authored by Ian Sewell_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13298.jpg)
## Image Caption
Ahu Tongariki on [Easter](https://www.worldhistory.org/Easter/) Island. These moai were restored in the 1990s CE by a Japanese research team after a cyclone knocked them over in the 1960s CE.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Sewell, I. (2021, January 17). Mo'ai Statues on Easter Island. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Sewell, Ian. "Mo'ai Statues on Easter Island." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 17, 2021. .
### MLA
Sewell, Ian. "Mo'ai Statues on Easter Island." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Jan 2021, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AhuTongariki.JPG) by [**Ian Sewell**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AhuTongariki.JPG). Submitted by [Kim Martins](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/kim.martins/ "User Page: Kim Martins"), published on 17 January 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.