A controversial new theory suggests the iconic Easter Island statues could be thousands of years older than previously ...

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 famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island ... while the Moai heads are carved from volcanic tuff. The materials were excavated from craters at opposites sides of the island.

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos ... "ahu" has two meanings in Easter Island culture. First, an ahu is the flat mound or stone pedestal upon which ...

But the most surprising thing about my visit to Easter Island, known locally as Rapa Nui, was watching the moon do something extraordinary above this iconic location. Remote, barren and almost ...

Stone wall at Ahu Vinapu, Easter Island. There is little data to support Heyerdahl. Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg, who is unconvinced by Heyerdahl's theory, notes that "all archaeological, linguistic ...

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 ...