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Island has fascinated historians, researchers, and tourists for centuries. Reaching it is not easy; flights from Europe, with ...
Island has been a source of fascination for historians, researchers, and tourists for centuries. Reaching it is not ...
and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's barren landscape. The moai and ceremonial sites are along the coast, with a concentration on Easter Island's ...
What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants, which weighed, on average, some 14 tons? The transport question has long been debated, and has been the subject of some ...
Is there a more enigmatic island than Rapa Nui (Easter Island), deforested and depopulated and studded with giant stone statues? We know it transformed from palm-clad to treeless within a few ...
Jon Canfield Easter Island Moai. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam. Easter Island Ahu Tongariki. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam. Easter Island, Rano Kau. Courtesy of Flickr user Arian Zwegers.
Documentary exploring how new evidence is challenging everything we thought we knew about Easter Island and the nearly 900 giant stone statues scattered across this remote Pacific island.