The Failure of the Moai Testimonials and legends confirm that there were difficult times. Juan Tepano, a major source for Routledge, Macmillan Brown and Metraux, told them that when he was young the old people spoke of the “failure of the overthrown statues”. He also remembered a story about when
Rapa Nui An enormous petrified sponge Under a thin layer of soil over the ancient volcanic rocks lies an invisible world, cloaked in legends and mysteries. Rapa Nui has a volcanic bedrock which can be compared to a giant petrified sponge, riddled with caverns of varying sizes, from small grottoes
by Jo Anne van Tilburg — Director, Easter Island Statue Project (EISP) With the ratification of excavation permits from the Island authorities, Jo Anne van Tilberg completed the first stage of excavations begun in Abril of 2010 in the quarry at Rano Raraku, which were interrupted earlier this year by
Success and challenge within a unique native experience Ma’u Henua is the native Rapanui community organization that is in charge of the National Park and the heritage of Rapa Nui. In 2017, the Chilean government, under the presidency of Michelle Bachelet, turned the responsibility for this over to the president-elect
