Unfortunately, there is no written record (and the oral history is scant) to help tell the story of this remote land, its people, and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate ...

Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast, only 14 miles long. Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are almost 30 feet tall and weigh up to 80 tons. This is Easter Island ...

Each moai depicts a leader, his stone figure watching over his village after he dies. The biggest Rapa Nui mystery is how these giant sculptures - which weigh an average of 12.5 tonnes (13.8 tons ...