Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai ... However, it has made been criticized by many archaeologists who argue there is insufficient evidence to support ...

Hancock estimates that the statues on Easter Island, known as Moai heads, are likely much older than the platforms, called Ahu Vinapu, on which many of them sit because the structures exhibit ...

These statues, often called “Easter Island heads,” actually have full bodies ... Between 1100 and 1650, they made nearly 900 huge stone sculptures. These statues, weighing 10 to 12 metric ...

When Europeans arrived on Easter Island, they found not just massive heads carved out of stone ... found that at least two of them had been made from trees that grew on Easter Island sometime ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads ... to the island since the first European explorers arrived here in 1722. In their isolation, why did the early Easter Islanders ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... Chile annexed the island in 1888, using the land to raise sheep, and in 1965 made it a special territory, giving residents Chilean citizenship.

A shocking new theory regarding the Easter Island heads could rewrite the history of the iconic statues. It's now been claimed that the carvings are actually thousands of years older than ...