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Over 4 million. Counted them myself. Yep, took about 3 days to count them all. Jk
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1) I assume that you are talking about those statues: "Moai (or mo‘ai) (IPA: /ˈmoÊŠ.аɪ/) are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) between 1250 and 1500 CE. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called Ahu around the island's perimeter. Almost all moai have overly large heads three-fifths the size of their bodies. The moai are chiefly the 'living faces' (aringa ora) of deified ancestors. The statues still gazed inland across their clan lands when Europeans first visited the island, but most would be cast down during later conflicts between clans." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai "The large stone statues, or moai, for which Easter Island is world-famous, were carved during a relatively short and intense burst of creative and productive megalithic activity. A total of 887 monolithic stone statues have been inventoried on the island and in museum collections. Although often identified as "Easter Island heads", the statues are actually complete torsos, the figures kneeling on bent knees with their hands over their stomach. Some upright moai have become buried up to their necks by shifting soils." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island#Stone_work 2) "The repaired and re-erected moai on display to visitors at the most popular half-dozen or so sites around Easter Island number fewer than 50. But estimates of the total number of statues unearthed on the island have now climbed to more than 900 and keep growing as excavations continue, with nearly half that total found here at the hillside quarry where the island's original inhabitants mined and carved the moai out of compressed volcanic ash." Source and further information: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/04/news/journal.php
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887 large stone statues and 1 made of low-fat SPAM
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