Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk? NYT Par :Franz Lidz 26 novembre 2025 à 16:00 Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. © Josh Haner/The New York TimesThe Rapa Nui moai, the monolithic stone figures of Easter Island, were hewed from compacted ash in a quarry inside the crater of the Rano Raraku volcano between A.D. 1200 and 1700.