and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's barren landscape. The moai and ceremonial sites are along the coast, with a concentration on Easter Island's ...

A new theory about who built the giant stone statues on Easter Island has shocked the archaeological community. Graham Hancock claims that the statues are over 11,000 years old and that Easter ...

What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants, which weighed, on average, some 14 tons? The transport question has long been debated, and has been the subject of some ...

Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are almost 30 feet tall and weigh up to 80 tons. This is Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, a land full of history and culture.

Chile annexed Easter Island in 1888, but until 1953 it allowed a Scottish company to manage the island as a giant sheep ranch. The sheep ranged freely, while the Rapanui were penned into Hanga Roa.

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile. Visiting Easter Island ...

Easter Island, a territory of Chile ... often resting on huge stone pedestals called ahus. These stone giants were made by the Rapa Nui to represent their ancestors, rulers, or important ancestors ...

(photo credit: f11photo. Via Shutterstock) A new theory about who built the giant stone statues on Easter Island has shocked the archaeological community. Graham Hancock claims that the statues ...