Easter Island (Unearthing Ancient Worlds) (Hard Cover)
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Archaeologists have found more than 800 giant stone heads, most weighing between 10 and 12 tons, on a tiny island in the South Pacific. The island is not a mystery. It is Easter Island, a remote island located more than 2,200 miles west of Chile. Easter Island, known by its inhabitants by the Polynesian name of "Rapa Nui" was named by Dutch sailors who discovered the island on Easter Day in 1722, but the giant stone heads, known as moai, have been a mystery through the years. Who built them, when, and why?