How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui – also known as Easter ... Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has swirled around the iconic ancient statues and the history of the people ...

A new theory about who built the iconic human-like figures on Easter Island ... history—namely, the hands positioned close to the navel." Hancock is now preparing for a third season of Ancient ...

More double canoes were built, and now several teams are attempting to be the first to reach Easter Island, using ancient navigational techniques. No one has navigated a raft or voyaging canoe ...

there is no written record (and the oral history is scant) to help tell the story of this remote land, its people, and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's ...