On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved ... positions in the history of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, the name given by the indigenous people to their ...

Hotu Matu'a and his family landed on Easter Island at Anakena Beach. Te-Pito-te-Henua, "end of the land," or "land's end," is an early name for the island. On Rapa Nui, the more modern ...