Limitations: Requires sizable work force. If it takes 180 people to move a 10-ton moai, it would take an estimated 1500 people to move the largest moai successfully erected on an ahu, Paro ...

The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ethnographers, archaeologists, and visitors to the island since the first European explorers arrived here in 1722. In their isolation ...

many travelers come seeking the mystery hidden in the legendary moai statues. These stone giants, carved from volcanic rocks, captivate attention. The largest of them, Paro, is 33 feet tall and ...