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 ...

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 ...

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 ...