Easter Island Origins

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Drawing on the latest science, this documentary rewrites the story of Easter Island.

Documentary exploring how new evidence is challenging everything we thought we knew about Easter Island and the nearly 900 giant stone statues scattered across this remote Pacific island.

They are some of the most famous and mysterious monuments on the planet. Nearly 900 giant stone heads scattered across a remote island in the middle of the Pacific. Now, brand new evidence is challenging everything we thought we knew about Easter Island’s awe-inspiring statues – and those who made them. Drawing on the latest science, this authoritative documentary radically rewrites the story of Easter Island.

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