How do you make a giant stone statue walk? On one of the most isolated islands on Earth, the people of Rapa Nui carved AND moved the extraordinary Moai, colossal faces hewn from soft volcanic rock that still inspire wonder today.Today, Tristan Hughes is joined by Prof. Terry Hunt to uncover the story of Easter Island. How did its first settlers build a thriving society in such a remote and resource-limited environment? And what ingenious techniques allowed them to disperse these monumental statues across the island?MOREThe First New Zealanders<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ancients/id1520403988?i=1000777731366" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/3v0xDxuVwvExZsUdD0QZDR?si=Ja9zmTylTYGSCFjIpfYLGA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify </a>The First Hawaiians<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ancients/id1520403988?i=1000730634117" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple </a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2uChZoFRNuwMUEBl4EJdXM?si=3e8c7155581a4beb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a>Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Aidan Lonergan. The producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music courtesy of Epidemic SoundsThe Ancients is a History Hit podcast.History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week. Sign up at <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</a>. 

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