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Watchful eyes: Moai Mata
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Huge monolithic statues, carved out of compressed volcanic ash, measuring from 6 to 300 feet and weighing several tons, mark the coastline of a tiny South pacific island, known as Rapa Nui or Easter Island (named by a Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, who discovered the island in 1722 on Easter Sunday, although originally discovered by the Polynesians around …