To the right of Ahu Nau Nau is Ahu Ature Huki, which consists of a single moai sculpture. Ahu Ature Huki is notable for being the first moai to be re-erected in modern times (1956) by the island ...

A.D. 300 established a powerful, imaginative and original tradition of monumental sculpture and architecture, free from any external influence. From the 10th to the 16th century this society built ...

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 ...