
Why Did Easter Island's Civilization Collapse?
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The Moai started off kind of small. They were not as big as they would eventually get because they were just kind of learning and teaching themselves how to do this. El Gigante was the largest one they found. And that was like almost 72 feet tall. I think up to 165 tons is how much they estimate El Gigante ways. But the initial ones that they started with were much, much smaller. Like let's go with 10 feet or so and five or six tons. Well nothing to sneeze at though, you know. No matter how big your head is.
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