"Why did the Rapa Nui stop building the moai? That is a very good question," Cooper told 60 Minutes Overtime's Ann Silvio. "And it's not a question, I think, that there's any clear or one answer to." ...

Inspired by the interpretation of Easter Island’s Maoi statues as “milestones of Mother Nature,” the architects created a top-heavy, asymmetrical design that alludes to the monolithic ...

Easter Island's famous moai statues slowly fading away 13:32. Now we take you on a journey to Easter Island. It's one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, far into the Pacific, 2200 ...

Size and weight of moai Measuring the size, weight, and shape of the 887 moai on Easter Island has been a 15-year process for Van Tilburg. The most notable statues are listed below: ...

A new Moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, has been discovered in the bed of a dry lake in a volcano crater. The Moai was found by scientific volunteers working to restore marshland in the ...

The governor of Easter Island has urged the British Museum to return a huge statue, kept in London for 150 years, claiming that the English “have our soul.” The 8-foot-tall basalt figure ...

A moai statue has been discovered on Easter Island at the bottom of a recently dried crater lake. The statue is the first of the island’s famous giant-headed figures to be found in the lake.

The governor of Easter Island has urged the British Museum to return a huge statue, kept in London for 150 years, claiming that the English “have our soul.” The 8-foot-tall basalt figure ...