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Easter Island: Ahu Podgihauki
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Ahu Podgihauki is the youngest Ahu on Rapa Nui/Easter Island.
Its lifelike Moai stone statues were never toppled over, and they are as beautiful today as they were when they were first errected.Ahu Podgihauki was the main centre and capital of the Eejiti, the funniest confederation of the Rapanui people.
And here are also some photos from the far less interesting Ahu Tongariki:
Ahu Tongariki was the main centre and capital of the Hotu Iti the eastern confederation of the Rapanui.
It is the largest Ahu on Rapa Nui/Easter Island.
Its Moais, like all others, were toppled during the island’s civil wars, 200 – 300 years ago.
In the twentieth century the entire Ahu, including the up to 86 ton heavy Moai, was swept half a mile inland by a tsunami.
Ahu Tongariki has since been restored in the 1990s and has 15 Moai, including an 86 tonne moai that is the heaviest ever erected on the island.
Ahu Tongariki is close to Rano Raraku and Poike in the Rapa Nui National Park.:lol: Podgihauki…
Very good Hauke, gave me a chuckle…
Nice little commentary/history there too, very interesting.
Really like that final image, beautifully framed and presented,
though I’d clone out that bird over the hill, too much of a
distraction…Rob.
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