This 1950s footage captures a captivating exploration of Easter Island ... shots include a moai silhouetted against a sunset, providing a hauntingly beautiful view of these enigmatic figures ...

According to a survey by archeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the Easter Islanders successfully transported 288 moai statues to various ahu platforms around the island. We're only proposing that you ...

And you'll likely be sharing the view with more tourists. For the fifth must-see moai statue site on Easter Island, I'd like to highlight Ahu Akivi, constructed in the 16th Century. Located on the ...

“The island is planted with monstrous great statues, the work of I don’t know what race, today degenerate or vanished; its great remains an enigma.” Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer ...

Their backs to the Pacific, 15 restored moai stand watch at Ahu Tongariki, the largest of Easter Island’s ceremonial ... In the other view, the ancient Rapanui are uplifting emblems of human ...

"On a crisp September morning, I rushed out to Ahu Tongariki near Rano Raraku in order to see the sun rise over the 15 moai." Jon Canfield Easter Island Moai. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam.

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 ...

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 ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... by the hundreds of massive moai, monolithic statues carved from volcanic rocks that are found across the island. These monoliths are just ...