Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues. At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places ...

However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island for which ... former glory remained in the form of head-shaped statues (called moai) scattered across the island’s shore. These moai may not be ...

The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, are best known for their deep ... the addition of hats is likely related to honouring ancestors. The head is traditionally thought to contain ...

Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are almost 30 feet tall and weigh up to 80 tons. This is Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, a land full of history and culture.

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

The mayor of Easter Island has called for motor restrictions to be put in place in the area after a truck collided with a sacred stone statue. Pedro Edmunds Paoa told local media that the incident ...

The volcanic stone figures, called moai in the island’s native Polynesian language, are understood to have been carved between the years 1300 and 1600s. And while it's generally acknowledged the ...

I didn’t expect to see its famous moai statues face down in the dirt ... But the most surprising thing about my visit to Easter Island, known locally as Rapa Nui, was watching the moon do ...

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

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory ... was relatively stable; each statue has a low center of gravity thanks to a large base and a narrow head. Pavel Pavel used a crew ...