In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island. It’s a tiny, windswept place, famed for its colossal Moai – mysterious stone figures that each weigh ...

The island, home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads known as Moai, has long fascinated archaeologists and historians. Hancock argues that the first settlers arrived on Easter Island about ...

"Massive heads carved of stone stand vigil on this island so remote, that the only visitors arrive aboard the annual supply ship," the accompanying article said. Sixty years later, in 2022 ...