Easter Island is one of the most remote ... for its enormous stone statues known as moai. The statues, which are carved from volcanic rock, stand at 13 feet high and weigh 10 metric tons (around ...

a soft volcanic ash found on Easter Island. Without metal tools, the artisans used their knowledge to shape the statues. The hats, called pukao, were made from scoria. This rock came from the Puna ...

and after they carved the rock the spirits entered the statues.” Dr Richards and Dr Hamilton are joint directors of the ”Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Landscapes of Construction Project“.

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered across the island. Hancock argues that the island was settled, and the statues were built about 12,000 ...

We got some excellent photos from outside the rock wall that encircles the ... For the fifth must-see moai statue site on ...

Graham Hancock's new theory claims a lost civilization built the Easter Island statues more than 11,000 years old. (photo credit: f11photo. Via Shutterstock) A new theory about who built the giant ...

Speaking on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, co-host Richard Osman shared a conversation he had with a Traitors executive, ...

Rapanui artisans carved the moai centuries ago from volcanic rock at a quarry a mile away ... director of the Easter Island Statue Project—but that required both a lot of wood and a lot of ...

ROCK IT, standing up ... this method in rough terrain is 320 feet per day for a 20-ton statue. Moai: Two original Easter Island moais: nine feet, five tons and 13 feet, nine tons.

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island ... Standing below him, you're immediately conscious of the solid basalt rock that he's made out of. Although we see him only ...