Easter Island came to the world's attention in 1962 when pictures of moai appeared in National Geographic magazine. "Massive heads carved of stone stand vigil on this island so remote, that the ...

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.

As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos ... "ahu" has two meanings in Easter Island culture. First, an ahu is the flat mound or stone pedestal upon which ...

What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants, which weighed ... of gravity thanks to a large base and a narrow head. Pavel Pavel used a crew of 17 people divided into ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... can be rare to find on the island," and another is access to the Manavai Spa, a replica of an ancient stone circle once used to hold water ...

He shakes his head. “How did they do it ... 15 restored moai stand watch at Ahu Tongariki, the largest of Easter Island’s ceremonial stone platforms. Rapanui artisans carved the moai ...