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In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but ...

New theory about Easter Island heads could rewrite history of iconic statues Easter Island is home to roughly 1,000 Moai - the famous large stone heads - that are believed to have been carved 900 ...

In his new Netflix series, Graham Hancock suggested that the Easter Island heads were built by his long-lost ancient civilization. But archaeologists have disagreed.

Easter Island, also called Rapa Nui, is far from the mainland of South America. But the long journey is worth it to see the moai statues and verdant landscape.

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A diagram shows Easter Island's tectonic context. The researchers believe the volcanoes that created the island included some ancient material from the mantle plume.