The imposing statues that line the coast of Easter Island have been an enigma to experts ... reached Rapa Nui’s shores since the human body cannot process the high salt concentration of seawater.

According to archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg—who is the founder of UCLA's Easter Island Statue Project and has studied the artifacts for nearly 30 years—about 95 percent of the statues were ...

The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui live on the island, which belongs to Chile.

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island ... The only details on the body are the prominent nipples. Hoa Hakananai'a is a rare combination of physical mass and evocative ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

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 ...

But the art which adorns Easter Island’s landscape, volcanoes and statues, body tattoos and carved wooden figurines, when examined together, show a different picture of what the islanders were like, ...

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island ... The only details on the body are the prominent nipples. Hoa Hakananai'a is a rare combination of physical mass and evocative ...