EASTER ISLAND STONE HEADS ARE 'DYING' ... a giant stone head known as a moai shows the wear and tear of time on this triangular 64-square-mile ... many of which are slowly falling into the ocean.

NEW YORK — It was, once upon a time, one of the most isolated places in the world--Rapa Nui, or Easter Island. More than 2,400 miles from Tahiti or Chile, the South American country to which it ...

Chile creates Easter Island marine reserve at ocean summit. ... Located all around Easter Island, there are more than 900 of the giant stone heads, many of which have bodies buried in the soil.

Adwo / Fotolia. Archaeologists have figured out a lot about the moai, the giant stone heads found on Rapa Nui or Easter Island, a tiny dot of land in the Pacific Ocean administered by Chile.They ...

Mystery has long surrounded the giant concrete heads that loom large along a Victoria highway. Weighing in at 13,000 pounds each, the giant sculptures for decades have remained concealed in the ...

The giant heads were another set-up. The drive-in movie theater, where Sylvie wakes up, is another set. There's a total of seven or so different set-ups; we shot this over seven days.

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui–also known as Easter Island–carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this remote Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has ...