In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island. It’s a tiny, windswept place, famed for its colossal Moai – mysterious stone figures that each weigh ...

The imposing statues that line the coast of Easter Island have been an ... The volcanic stone figures, called moai in the island’s native Polynesian language, are understood to have been carved ...

The mayor of Easter Island has called for motor ... About 1,000 of the figures - known as moai - exist on the island, which hosts about 12,000 tourists a month. "Everyone decided against ...

Five hundred years ago, on the southern slopes of Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano, the Rapa Nui people skillfully carved ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

the people of Easter Island, a small island isolated in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean, carved about 900 massive statues from an ancient volcano. These austere-faced giants, called moai ...