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· 复活节岛神秘石像遭永久性破坏 近日，智利复活节岛拉帕努伊国家公园发生大规模野火，导致当地部分“摩艾”石像遭到永久性破坏。据悉，复活节岛以拥有上千尊神秘的巨大半身人面石像著称。这些石像于1995年被联合国教科文组织列入世界遗产名录。然而，这场大火烧毁了公园内100余公顷的土地，岛上大约20%的“摩艾”石像被火烧成焦黑色。目前，智利科学家正在评估石像损坏程度并寻求相应措施。 One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth,Easter Island,known as Rapa Nui to locals,is famous for the thousand tall statues that dot its landscape,called moai.On October 5,2022,a fire caused by the nearby Rano Raraku volcano destroyed more than 100 hectares of Easter Island,damaging these famous stone-carved statues,local officials reported.The high temperature of the forest fire accelerated the process through which the stone carvings will eventually turn into sand. At the latest count on the island,there are 1,043 complete moai,enormous statues with prominent heads.But the true number of moai on the island is unknown because many remain buried in the Rano Raraku quarry（采石场）on the island's south shore.These statues were built hundreds of years before the first European explorers arrived on the island on Easter Sunday 1722.Van Tilburg believes Polynesians discovered the island around A.D.1000 and created the tradition of building moai. People carved moai directly from volcanic rock.It's believed the carvers would begin working on the front and sides of a statue,then gradually separate the back from the quarry rock.The statue would then be moved downhill and placed upright in a hole,where the carvers would finish its back and add drawings to its surface.With that,the statue would be complete. The vast majority of moai line the island's coast,which is immediately vulnerable（脆弱的）to rising sea levels caused by climate change and coastal erosion.The Rapa Nui people predicted this centuries ago and built sea walls,some of which are damaged and require reinforcement（巩固）.The local people have traditionally been in charge of that maintenance and it was the responsibility of the group to do things on a seasonal basis that protected their sites.But in recent years it's been diffi