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© Stéphane Compoint
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Chili - Ile de Paques - Mission scientifique dirigee par l'archeologue italien Giuseppe Orefici : L’equipe de Giuseppe Orefici refait a cheval (le plus sur moyen de transport dans ce paysage tourmente) le parcours des Moais sur l’un des multiples chemins qui partaient du volcan Rano Raraku pour rallier les Ahus, sites religieux ou étaient dresses les statues geantes. Sur les bords du sentier, de nombreux fragments de statues qui n’ont pas resiste au voyage. En effet, le tuf volcanique dont sont faites les statues est un minéral plus leger que le granit ou le calcaire : il est plus facile a sculpter mais aussi plus fragile. // Chile - Easter Island - Scientific mission led by the Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Orefici: Giuseppe Orefici's team retraces on horseback (the safest means of transport in this tormented landscape) the course of the Moais on one of the many paths that left from the Rano Raraku volcano to join the Ahus, religious sites where the giant statues were erected. On the edges of the path, many fragments of statues that did not resist the trip. Indeed, the volcanic tuff of which the statues are made is a lighter mineral than granite or limestone: it is easier to sculpt but also more fragile.
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