Reason: Easter Island's silent stone figures are a monument to the seafaring skills and unique culture of ancient Polynesian peoples.

理由：复活节岛的沉默的巨石像是航海技术和古代波利尼西亚人的独特文化的纪念碑。

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But why did they carve such stone figures?

可是他们为什么要雕这种石人呢？

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The stone figures in the temple look frightening.

寺庙里的石像看起来很吓人。

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Rather than compete with his peers for trendy new art, hedge-fund manager Michael Steinhardt and his wife, Judy, are building several collections around comparatively obscure niches like ancient Peruvian feather ponchos, Cycladic stone figures and 15th-century rugs.

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The animated Hindu deities and Mahayana Buddhist figures, wearing all manner of stone decorations, were added later, mostly in the 5th to 10th Centuries.

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Mr Stone said he was asking for a short deferral to re-examine the projected figures before a final decision was made.

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