“In Easter Island the past is the present, it is impossible to escape from it… The shadows of the departed builders still possess the land. Voluntarily or involuntarily the sojourner must hold commune with those old workers; the whole air vibrates with a vast purpose and energy which has been and is no more.” – Katherine Routledge, The Mystery of Easter Island, 1919.
The famed Easter Island heads, moai, number around 1,000 and are scattered throughout the island. These giants can tower up to 30...