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 ...

Hoa Hakananai'a statue (made between 1000 and 1200). Stone; from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) ...

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island ... The only details on the body are the prominent nipples. Hoa Hakananai'a is a rare combination of physical mass and evocative ...

The imposing statues that line the coast of Easter Island have been an enigma to experts ... reached Rapa Nui’s shores since the human body cannot process the high salt concentration of seawater.

The mayor of Easter Island has called for motor restrictions to be put in place in the area after a truck collided with a sacred stone statue. Pedro Edmunds Paoa told local media that the incident ...

But the art which adorns Easter Island’s landscape, volcanoes and statues, body tattoos and carved wooden figurines, when examined together, show a different picture of what the islanders were like, ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world.

The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui live on the island, which belongs to Chile.

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island ... The only details on the body are the prominent nipples. Hoa Hakananai'a is a rare combination of physical mass and evocative ...

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 ...

and the statues remain sacred vessels. Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed here on Easter Sunday in 1722, the first European known to visit the island, but only stayed for one day. By the time ...