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 ...

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

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 ...

Paul Trachtman Local artists are reviving the island's traditions. Tattooist Andreas "Panda" Pakarati displays a wooden moai he's just ... an enigma.” Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer ...

"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.

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, did one of the things he loves ...

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 ...

Chile’s top league team Colo Colo easily defeated Rapa Nui in the first official match in Easter Island. The Chilean ... the beach and within view of a Moai statue. An own goal from Javier ...

There is a Rapa-nui wedding ceremony, complete with loincloth, awaiting you on Chile’s Easter ... Moai statues and archaeological sites. Tourism, the main industry on the island, is also a ...

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...