On a crisp Sunday morning, April 5, 1722, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen and his crew became the first Europeans to lay eyes on one of the most remote inhabited islands on Earth. What they saw was a landscape dominated by massive stone statues, the moai, standing like silent sentinels against the Pacific horizon. In honor of the […]
The Mystery of Rapa Nui In the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean lies Easter Island (Rapa Nui), one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. More than 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) from the nearest continent, nearly a thousand monumental stone statues rise from a rugged volcanic landscape. These moai have made Easter Island
Few places on Earth feel as solitary as Easter Island. Known to its original settlers as Rapa Nui, this volcanic speck in the Pacific has captured imaginations worldwide thanks to its mysterious guardians: the Moai
