As you can imagine, they are colossal - this one in the British Museum is small! There is one unfinished in a quarry in Easter Island which is over 70 feet (20m) tall - how they ever would have ...

Jon Canfield Easter Island Moai. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam. Easter Island Ahu Tongariki. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam. Easter Island, Rano Kau. Courtesy of Flickr user Arian Zwegers.

“The island is planted with monstrous great statues, the work of I don’t know what race, today degenerate or vanished; its great remains an enigma.” Named Easter Island by the Dutch explorer ...

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 ...

Some cruise lines, including MSC, Seabourn and Holland America also have itineraries with Easter Island stops. Rapa Nui National Park covers half of the island, and feels like an "open-air museum ...

According to a survey by archeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the Easter Islanders successfully transported 288 moai statues to various ahu platforms around the island. We're only proposing that you ...

The idyllic setting here is interrupted by an ahu with six moai, a stark reminder that you are still on Easter Island. The distinct features of the moai, with carvings on their backs, are accented ...

As you can imagine, they are colossal - this one in the British Museum is small! There is one unfinished in a quarry in Easter Island which is over 70 feet (20m) tall - how they ever would have ...