One of South America's mysteries is Easter Island.Easter lsland, also called Raps Nui and Islamic de Pascua, 3600 km (2237 mi) west of Chile, is a volcanic island with an interesting and party unknown history. The island was named by the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen because he encountered it on Easter Sunday1722. He was the first European to find the island. The official name of the island, Islam de Pascua, means Easter Island in Spanish. This island is famous because of the approximately 887 huge status which found there. The statues consist of heads and compressed volcanic ash, called tuff, which was found at quarry at a place called Rono Raraku. Statues are still being found. Some of the monuments were left only half - carved. Nobody knows why Rono