EASTER ISLAND - In the middle of nowhere in the Pacific Ocean, 2,300 miles from South America and 2,500 miles from Tahiti, sits a small island possessing more stone statues than trees. The giant sculptures of heads, known in the local language as moai, are famous because of their uniqueness; the mind-boggling efforts of ancient people to carve, move and erect these statues grants Easter Island a mystique akin to Stonehenge. Easter Island was settled by Polynesian explorers. The island...
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