This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, did one of the things he loves ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui ... after death they would once again become divine," National Geographic said. Their spirits were said to temporarily ...

This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... which would carry them to Hawaii, Easter Island, and New Zealand on trips lasting up to two months.