Island is home to roughly 1,000 Moai - the famous large stone heads - that are believed to have been carved 900 years ago.

Easter Island has about 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered throughout the island. Most historians agree that the Moai statues were carved by Polynesians approximately 900 years ago.

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 ...

These statues, often called “Easter Island heads,” actually have full bodies, many hidden under the soil. At the famous quarry of Rano Raraku, about 95% of the statues were carved from soft ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form ... nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's barren landscape.

Examines theories about how the stone heads of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were carved and raised. New research challenges previous ideas about the history, innovation and resilience of the Rapa Nui ...

Ever since 1722, when Captain Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman and the first European known to have reached Easter Island arrived ... a high of 9,000 by 1550. Moai carving and transport were in ...