The 16-foot moai head once spouted fire from its perch outside the beloved Polynesian restaurant. Now it needs a lot of work ...

Hancock estimates that the statues on Easter Island, known as Moai heads, are likely much older than the platforms, called Ahu Vinapu, on which many of them sit because the structures exhibit ...

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 ...

With one rope around the head of the statue and another around the base, they "walked" the moai replica forward by swiveling and rocking it from side to side. Using this method, Pavel Pavel ...

Take a deep dive to uncover the secret to health and happiness with the age old Japanese tradition of Moai. Understanding the history Derived from the Japanese word which translates to ‘meeting ...

At Anakena seven potbellied moai stand at attention on a 52-foot-long stone platform—backs to the Pacific, arms at their sides, heads capped with tall pukao of red scoria, another volcanic rock.

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.