The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ethnographers, archaeologists, and visitors to the island since the first European explorers arrived here in 1722. In their isolation ...

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 moai were carved with stone tools ... Ika wears face paint for ceremonial dances and meals; he makes it himself from clay he finds in a south-coast cave. Today islanders confront a fresh ...