As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues ...

The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island ... while the Moai heads are carved from volcanic tuff. The materials were excavated from craters at opposites sides of the island.

But the most surprising thing about my visit to Easter Island, known locally as Rapa Nui, was watching the moon do something extraordinary above this iconic location. Remote, barren and almost ...

In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island. It’s a tiny, windswept place, famed for its colossal Moai – mysterious stone figures that each weigh ...

Advice for capturing the magical moai, dramatic coastlines and stunning night skies above the world’s most remote island ...

He shakes his head. “How did they do it ... 15 restored moai stand watch at Ahu Tongariki, the largest of Easter Island’s ceremonial stone platforms. Rapanui artisans carved the moai ...

What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants, which weighed ... of gravity thanks to a large base and a narrow head. Pavel Pavel used a crew of 17 people divided into ...

At the Easter Island site, the NOVA team drags ... or platform and leave it standing erect with a stone topknot or "pukao" balanced on its head. Most ahus are effectively seawalls, accessible ...