The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ethnographers, archaeologists, and visitors to the island since the first European explorers arrived here in 1722. In their isolation ...

But the explorers introduced deadly diseases to which islanders had no immunity, along with artifacts that replaced the moai as status symbols. Snatching Europeans’ hats—Hunt and Lipo cite ...

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is a unique and mysterious place, known for its moai statues and rich biodiversity. Despite its small size, it holds ancient secrets, from lost artifacts to forgotten ...

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 ...

It’s a tiny, windswept place, famed for its colossal Moai – mysterious stone figures that each weigh more than a Boeing 737 plane. For years, the island has been the subject of intrigue.

Jon Canfield Easter Island Moai. Courtesy of Flickr user Ndecam ... of UCLA's Easter Island Statue Project and has studied the artifacts for nearly 30 years—about 95 percent of the statues ...

Yet today you can better printers for a fraction of that and $1,300 will buy you an open source Moai SLA printer as a kit. [3D Printing Nerd] took a field trip to MatterHackers to check the ...

Paul Trachtman Local artists are reviving the island's traditions. Tattooist Andreas "Panda" Pakarati displays a wooden moai he's just carved. Paul Trachtman Local artists are reviving the island ...