On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

Researching which moai statues to ... stand upright with their head and shoulders above ground while their bodies remain buried in the soil. Several statues were left face-down, possibly because ...

We passed a pair of fallen moai, one facing up with its head broken off at the neck ... We passed more moai face down on the ...