Ahu Tongariki (Middle Front)

[ahu tongariki, moai, ahu, rapanui, rapa nui]

Taken 20:46, 23/02/2009

Panoramic photo by

Gregory Panayotou

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This is  Ahu Tongariki, the largest Ahu on Rapa Nui. Its Moai were toppled during the island's civil wars and in the twentieth century the Ahu was swept inland by a tidal wave. It has since been restored and has 15 Moai including an 86 tonne moai that was the heaviest ever erected on the island.