Easter Island has about 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered throughout the island. Most historians agree that the Moai statues were carved by Polynesians approximately 900 years ago.

Island is home to roughly 1,000 Moai - the famous large stone heads - that are believed to have been carved 900 years ago.

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved ... First, an ahu is the flat mound or stone pedestal upon which the moai stand. The ahus are, on average ...

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 for ...

We passed a pair of fallen moai, one facing up with its head broken off at the neck ... were moved from the slopes of Rano ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered across the island. Hancock argues that the island was settled, and the statues were built about 12,000 ...