which is also known as Easter Island. "This thickened area is like a fossilized fingerprint of an ancient piece of seafloor that subducted into the Earth," Wang said. Subduction occurs when two ...

They were carved from lapilli tuff, 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 ...

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 ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

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 ...

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 ...