The Mystery of Easter Island. For years adventurers and scientists have been bewitched by the Pacific Ocean island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, and its huge stone statues. Why were they built? And who were the original settlers and how did they meet their end? Using scientific research, a tale unfolds of one of the greatest and most tragic adventures in the history of human civilisation.
Producer Jonathan Renouf ; Series editor Matthew Barrett Visit Easter Island: centre pages