However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island for which he ... glory remained in the form of head-shaped statues (called moai) scattered across the island’s shore. These moai may not be as ...

Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast ... and how they created these incredible statues. The Moai statues of Easter Island are a key part of the island’s history and ancient civilizations.

I didn’t expect to see its famous moai statues ... eclipse on Easter Island impossible to resist. Some 1,900km from its “neighbouring” island, Pitcairn, and 3,500km west of Chile, this ...

Advice for capturing the magical moai, dramatic coastlines and stunning night skies above the world’s most remote island ...

The mayor of Easter ... statues were carved by the indigenous Rapa Nui people to embody the spirit of a prominent ancestor. About 1,000 of the figures - known as moai - exist on the island ...

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 ...

Off the coast of Chile, Carrie Tait steps away from the tourists to soak up Easter Island’s most captivating spots ...

A forest fire on Chile's Easter Island in early October damaged at least 177 Moai or sacred monolithic statues, Unesco said. The report followed an exploratory mission to the island on October 17 ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

Hoa Hakananai'a was removed from Rapa Nui in the 19th Century Prominent among the eclectic hoard of treasures in London's British Museum is the imposing figure of Hoa Hakananai'a, a four-tonne ...