
The man is quite literally colossal. He is standing upright
almost in formal position, arms by his side, feet splayed outward. Even in the
searing heat of a summer afternoon he holds our attention. We wonder at the
quality of the work, and its sharpness after all those millennia. Considering
that his creators worked with crude stone tools, the craftsmanship is
impressive. And even in the desolation of that laterite plateau we understand
that we are not alone; we are in the company of prehis