Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question ... attached by ropes to the statue's neck, and a curved Y-shaped sledge to protect the moai's protruding belly.

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 ...

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island ... their beaks touching at the back of the statue's neck. On the back of the statue's head are two stylised canoe paddles ...

A new theory about who built the giant stone statues on Easter Island has shocked the archaeological community. Graham Hancock claims that the statues are over 11,000 years old and that Easter ...