Roggeveen named his find Easter Island (known locally as Rapa Nui). In 1774, Capt. James Cook landed with a party of scientists. Unimpressed by the island’s paltry range of crops, its brackish water ...

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Just when experts thought they knew every moai on Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, a dried-up lakebed kept them on their toes. These statues—largely made of a stone formed from volcanic ash ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The sky is still dark and the windscreen wipers are working furiously. I’m being driven across Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 15 moai at Ahu Tongariki make up the largest group of statues on Rapa Nui. Photograph by Jordan Banks This article was ...