Five hundred years ago, on the southern slopes of Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano, the Rapa Nui people skillfully carved ...

Under the same moon and stars Tuki sat on the sand and gazed directly before him at the colossal human statues—the moai. Carved centuries ago from volcanic tuff, they’re believed to embody the ...

From 1100 to 1500 AD, roughly one thousand moai statues were carved from the crater's eastern slope. The statues honor ancestors, chiefs, and important figures in Rapa Nui society. Rano Raraku ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

Travelers have long been fascinated by the hundreds of massive moai, monolithic statues carved from volcanic rocks that are found across the island. These monoliths are just pieces of the Rapa Nui ...

It may have been easier to move them uncarved, but our experiment showed very nicely that fully-carved statues can be moved with no damage to them at all. Our moai got safely to his ahu without ...

From the 10th to the 16th century this society built shrines and erected enormous stone figures known as moai, which created an unrivalled cultural landscape that continues to fascinate people ...

IMPERIAL— Faith Academy students displayed 98 pieces of artwork for parents, families, and teachers on Friday, March 14, at ...

It is one of roughly 900 Moai sculptures produced by local islanders in between the 11th and 17th centuries. Each carved monument depicts a glorified figure from the Rapa Nui community ...

“They were a people who saw themselves as connected to the landscape, which they carved and marked as they did their own bodies and the moai statues. “These people must have had a sophisticated and ...