Researchers on Easter Island have found a previously undiscovered moai — one of the island's distinctive stone statues.

复活节岛的研究人员发现了一座新的摩艾石像，这是复活节岛的标志性雕像之一。

The statues, called moai, which sit upon stone platforms called ahu, are the very definition of monumental.

这些被称为摩埃石像的雕像，坐落在被称为阿胡的石头平台上，是真正意义上的纪念碑。

And with time on their hands, they set to work carving huge stone statues known as moai.

时间任他们支配，他们开始雕刻被称为" 摩埃" 的巨大石像。

The statue of Mary, near the altar of the church, looks like ancient human figures known as moai.

教堂祭坛附近的玛丽亚雕像看起来像是被称为摩艾的古代人物。

The statues, known as moai, were transported standing, pivoting from side to side.

这些被称为摩艾的雕像是站立运输的，左右旋转。

And the question we started to ask ourselves was, 'Why do we find these ahu and moai some places on the landscape but not others?

我们开始问自己的问题是，‘为什么我们在景观的某些地方找到这些 ahu 和 moai 而在其他地方找不到？