Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen ... and the analysis of stylistic changes in the statues and petroglyphs allows a rough historical sketch to emerge: the people who ...

According to archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg—who is the founder of UCLA's Easter Island Statue Project and has studied the artifacts for nearly 30 years—about 95 percent of the statues were ...

The site is also home to petroglyphs named Papa Tataku Poki ... For the fifth must-see moai statue site on Easter Island, I'd like to highlight Ahu Akivi, constructed in the 16th Century.

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 ...