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Damaged Moai statues are seen after a wildfire at a local park in Easter Island, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on October 7, 2022. . (Rapa Nui Municipality/Handout via ...

For centuries, scientists have tried to solve the mystery of how the colossal stone statues of Easter Island moved. Now there's a new theory—and it rocks. The multiton behemoths traveled up to ...

A new moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has said.

Researchers have unearthed a new 5-foot-tall moai statue created by Indigenous Rapa Nui people on Easter Island.. Volunteers from three Chilean universities made the discovery on Feb. 21 in a dry ...

Statues on Easter Island. Annu Kostiainen/Shutterstock The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile .

The truth behind the 'walking' statues of Easter Island. In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, and its colossal Moai. 10 Jul 2023.

The fire has burned more than 247 acres of the Pacific island, where hundreds of haunting monolithic statues, called moai, have stood for centuries. By Johnny Diaz Some of the ancient monolithic ...

Dried Up Lake Uncovers New Easter Island Statue: Here's How Many Moais Have Been Discovered So Far About 400 of the island’s 1,000 moai are inside the volcanic crater or on its outer slopes, and ...

Easter Island study disproves popular theory about creation of its famous statues Population collapse theory seems to be ‘colonial narrative’, scientist says Vishwam Sankaran ...