Because of these stone heads, Easter Island has remained one of anthropology’s most cherished mysteries. In a new book, Island of Death (J. J. Augustin; $7), Dr. Werner Wolff, professor of ...

The head is traditionally thought to contain ... South Coast of Rapa Nui The members of the Spanish expedition to Easter Island in 1770 were the first to record their descriptions of the scoria ...

But is it true that far from being just heads, the Easter Island statues actually have bodies buried deep in the ground?

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the ... of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's barren landscape. The moai and ceremonial ...