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

Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues ... the earliest statues. Potentially this could rewrite Polynesian history”.

The imposing statues that line the coast of Easter Island have been an enigma to experts for centuries. But now, ...

Their spirits were said to temporarily live inside the statues, and the statues remain sacred vessels. Dutch explorer Jacob ...

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 ...

They settled both Hawaii and New Zealand, and between 700 and 900, they got to Rapa Nui - and so brought to an end one immense chapter of human history, for Easter Island was possibly the last ...

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 ...

Hunt and Lipo don’t trust oral history accounts of violent ... The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so.

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 ...

They settled both Hawaii and New Zealand, and between 700 and 900, they got to Rapa Nui - and so brought to an end one immense chapter of human history, for Easter Island was possibly the last ...