Tickets are valid for 10 consecutive days from the start date. Due to the ecological and archaeological sensitivity of this ...

Limitations: Requires sizable work force. If it takes 180 people to move a 10-ton moai, it would take an estimated 1500 people to move the largest moai successfully erected on an ahu, Paro ...

Total number of moai lying 'in transit' outside of the Rano Raraku quarry: 92 (10%) Less than one third of all carved moai actually made it to a final ceremonial ahu site. Was this due to the ...

The Easter Island statues, or moai, show the amazing skills of the Rapa Nui people. Between 1100 and 1650, they made nearly 900 huge stone sculptures. These statues, weighing 10 to 12 metric tons ...