Today, visitors with a Rapa Nui National Park pass and a registered ... We passed a pair of fallen moai, one facing up with ...

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 ...

The moai may also hold a sacred role in the life of the Rapa Nui, acting as ceremonial conduits for communication with the gods. According to Van Tilburg, their physical position between earth and ...

Others stand upright with their head and shoulders above ground ... and social gatherings by the early Rapa Nui. Like many ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island ... From the 10th to the 16th century this society built shrines and erected enormous stone figures known as moai, which created an unrivalled cultural ...

He shakes his head. “How did they do it ... The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so.

The oldest moai dates back to 1300, and among the Rapa Nui people there was a belief that ... To see dozens of maoi in various stages of being carved, head to the Rano Raraku volcano.

With one rope around the head of the statue and another around ... to date are daunting-to-impossible on the rolling Rapa Nui terrain." Moai: Concrete replica with the dimensions of a ...

It bears the face and head of Ellen Price ... Island statues in the British Museum collection The Moai were carved by the people of Rapa Nui between AD1100 and AD1600. The two removed by Commodore ...