We passed a pair of fallen moai, one facing up with its head broken off at the neck ... were moved from the slopes of Rano ...

Easter Island has about 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered throughout the island. Most historians agree that the Moai statues were carved by Polynesians approximately 900 years ago.

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved ... First, an ahu is the flat mound or stone pedestal upon which the moai stand. The ahus are, on average ...

At Anakena seven potbellied moai stand at attention on a 52-foot-long stone platform—backs to the Pacific, arms at their sides, heads capped with tall pukao of red scoria, another volcanic rock.

It’s a tiny, windswept place, famed for its colossal Moai – mysterious stone figures that each weigh more than a Boeing 737 plane. For years, the island has been the subject of intrigue.

What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants ... With one rope around the head of the statue and another around the base, they "walked" the moai replica forward by ...