EditorialFILE -- Tourists photograph the unfinished moai statues at Rano Raraku, the vast quarry on Easter Island, on Dec. 16, 2017. (Josh Haner/The New York Times)
EditorialCaptain James Cook and natives examining the Moai statues on Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialCaptain James Cook and natives examining the Moai statues on Easter Island or Rapa Nui. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1844.
EditorialEaster Island: the famous " moai" -statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano. Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock. An unfinished " moai" lies o...