The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, are best known for their deep ... the addition of hats is likely related to honouring ancestors. The head is traditionally thought to contain ...
Others stand upright with their head and shoulders above ground ... the largest ahu complex on Easter Island with 15 ...
He shakes his head. “How did they do it ... by UCLA archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, director of the Easter Island Statue Project—but that required both a lot of wood and a lot of ...
With one rope around the head of the statue and another ... rough terrain is 320 feet per day for a 20-ton statue. Moai: Two original Easter Island moais: nine feet, five tons and 13 feet, ...
Today we're on an island far out in the Pacific ... their beaks touching at the back of the statue's neck. On the back of the statue's head are two stylised canoe paddles, each with what looks ...
(We’ll certainly incorporate those incredible statues!) From Easter Island, the duration of annularity ... The adventure then continues. We will head to Valparaiso, Chile’s great historic ...
In the spring of 1998, I was asked to take part in the filming of the NOVA film "Easter Island," during which experts examined hand methods for moving and erecting moai, the huge stone statues ...
As seen from Easter Island, the moon will begin to move across the disk of the sun at 11:23 a.m. local time and at 1:04 p.m. an off-centered solar ring will form and will persist for about 6 ...
Today we're on an island far out in the Pacific ... their beaks touching at the back of the statue's neck. On the back of the statue's head are two stylised canoe paddles, each with what looks ...