But why were these created in the first place, and why were they in this specific location?
Easter Island or Rapa Nui is probably the most remote place in the world I ever will be, other than Antartica. It is truly in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by water, with no other land mass in…
Find out what archaeologists have known all along: Easter Island's iconic moai heads have bodies, long-buried up to their shoulders.
Find out what archaeologists have known all along: Easter Island's iconic moai heads have bodies, long-buried up to their shoulders.
The 'moai' you know(© blickwinkel/Alam)
THE giant Easter Island stone heads may very well be a mystery lost to time but a team of scientists believe they have uncovered what happened to their equally enigmatic creators and challenged the notion their civilisation collapsed.
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A riddle of engineering hasn't stopped archaeologists from debating how the giant carved stones were transported around the island
Find out what archaeologists have known all along: Easter Island's iconic moai heads have bodies, long-buried up to their shoulders.
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Rapanui people likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian island, study says.
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Easter Island’s Polynesian society grew crops in soil made especially fertile by the quarrying of rock for large, humanlike statues, a study suggests.
Find out what archaeologists have known all along: Easter Island's iconic moai heads have bodies, long-buried up to their shoulders.
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Hey everyone, here's a tutorial on how to draw some of those famous Easter Island statues. There are a lot of mysteries surrounding these statues but
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Assumed to be depictions of local chiefs, heroes, or gods, the giant statues on Easter Island are some of the world's most intriguing archeological artifacts. Cast in quality designer resin and finished to look like rough, chiseled stone, this exclusive replica sculpture adds a South Seas accent in your home or garden. 12x12"Wx13"Dx24x12"H. 12 lbs.
This Encyclopedia Britannica Geography list explores 8 of the world’s most-remote islands.
Researchers found that the Rano Raraku quarry was also an important agricultural site.
While doing research for my Remote Sensing project I happily stumbled across an entry in the book, Satellite Remote Sensing for Archaeology by Sarah H. Parcak, that I just …
The Rapa Nui community has offered a basalt replica of the eight-foot, four-ton sculpture called Hoa Hakananai’a, which was stolen in 1868.
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Along the south-east coast of the island of Rapa Nui stand thirteen-foot statues representing the spirits of the leaders of the Rapanui, the native