“The island is planted with monstrous great statues, the work of ... he’s spent many years making drawings and measurements of all the island’s moai. (He and Van Tilburg have also teamed ...

Island is a place that has fascinated historians, researchers, and tourists for centuries. Reaching it is not easy. Flights ...

Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, who has studied the moai for many years, believes the statues may have been created in the image of various paramount chiefs. They were not individualized ...

"On a crisp September morning, I rushed out to Ahu Tongariki near Rano Raraku in order to see the sun rise over the 15 moai ... nearly 1,000 monolithic statues. The massive effigies, on average ...