NOVA: Easter Island Origins

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui - also known as Easter Island - carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this remote Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has swirled around the iconic ancient statues and the history of the people who created them. Narrator: Patrick Dykstra. Director: Mark Fletcher. Producer: Bill Murphy, Janet Hess, Walter Kohler, Wolfgang Knopfler