The moai were carved with stone tools ... Rapa Nui past—that of archaeologists Terry Hunt of the University of Hawaii and Carl Lipo of California State University Long Beach, who have studied ...

Darus' family members in Hawaii are deeply involved with the emerging ... canoe construction makes him an invaluable member of the Moai team. Darus received his education at California State ...

The inhabitants, it's been said, cut down all the trees to build the Moai, and for firewood ... In contrast to lush tropical islands, such as Hawaii and Tahiti, the volcanic eruptions on Rapa ...

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 ...

Setting his camera equipment up in front of one of the island's iconic Moai human figure statues ... and the Pacific Ocean, ...

It’s a tiny, windswept place, famed for its colossal Moai – mysterious stone figures that each weigh more than a Boeing 737 plane. For years, the island has been the subject of intrigue.