The transport question has long been debated ... 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.

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 ...

Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. 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.

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... by the hundreds of massive moai, monolithic statues carved from volcanic rocks that are found across the island. These monoliths are just ...

Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile can be overwhelming. I speak from experience, ...

The following statistics on Easter Island's moai are the results of Van ... of image ahu locations....Another 92 are recorded as "in transport," 47 of these lying in various positions on prepared ...

That is, for the moai. Tourists diving on Easter Island’s reef encounter a fake ... Though cars are now the preferred mode of transport, more than 6,000 horses and cattle—“more than people ...

Archaeologist and Easter Island expert Jo Anne Van Tilburg believes the moai were built to honor ancestors and chieftains, or for ritual use to commune with gods, she told PBS. National Geographic ...

Easter Island is known for these iconic Moai statues, as well as mysteries surrounding the inhabitants of the island. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

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 ...