There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui ... To get a true sense of Rapa Nui and its culture and traditions, visit during February and experience the annual ...

And that from that pre-existing population, they inherited the older traditions and songs that we see today.' Hancock also proposes that the statues on Easter Island are likely much older than the ...

“This is something produced from my culture. It’s Rapanui.” He shakes his head. “How did they do it?” Easter Island covers just 63 square miles. It lies 2,150 miles west of South America ...

that the original inhabitants must have come from a sea-faring culture, adept at building long-voyaging vessels and navigating the open seas. Linguists estimate Easter Island's first inhabitants ...

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. The moai were built mainly between 1400 and 1650 A.D. They ...

He summarized that from this pre-existing population, the Polynesians inherited the older traditions and songs that we see today. Hancock thinks settlers first arrived on Easter Island 12,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...