Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui (Easter Island ... showed that the placement of ahus around the coast corresponds with sources of freshwater, which would've been vital to ...

Island has been a source of fascination for historians, researchers, and tourists for centuries. Reaching it is not ...

Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, who has studied the moai for many years, believes the statues may have been created in the image of various paramount chiefs. They were not individualized ...

Tattooist Andreas "Panda" Pakarati displays a wooden moai he's just ... but the statue builders are far from vanished. In fact, their descendants are making art and renewing their cultural ...