Easter Island’s iconic statues remain at risk after devastating fire. Recent blazes chewed through the heritage site, causing “irreparable” damage to hundreds of Rapa Nui’s sacred moai.

A new moai was found on Easter Island in the bed of a volcano crater lake, thanks to severe drought conditions in the area. The Pacific island, located roughly 2,175 miles west of the Chilean ...

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.

There are nearly 1,000 moai on Easter Island made from volcanic tuff, according to Dr. Terry Hunt, professor of archeology at the University of Arizona who has been studying the statues and the ...

Easter Island's famous moai statues slowly fading away 13:32. Now we take you on a journey to Easter Island. It's one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, far into the Pacific, 2200 ...

The meaning of Easter Island's mysterious Moai, which have stood on the remote Polynesian island for hundreds of years, has long been a source of interest for researchers. Carvers in ancient Rapa ...

Move the Moai originally appeared on Secrets of Easter Island According to a survey by archeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg, the Easter Islanders successfully transported 288 moai statues to various ...

Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island, singed in a wildfire earlier this year, are signs of a growing tension between landowners and conservationists in this tiny, remote island in the ...

The monoliths are enormous, too, with the largest statue, named Moai Paro, standing at 32 feet (10 meters) tall and weighing 90 tons (82 metric tons), the Easter Island Statue Project reported.

There are around 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island. All figures are monolithic human faces that were carved out of volcanic rock approximately 500 years ago by the Polynesian tribe, Rapa Nui.

Moai statues on Easter Island Andia / Universal Images Group via Getty Images In a dry lake bed, archaeologists on Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—have unearthed a previously unknown statue.

Easter Island's famous moai statues slowly fading away 13:40. On this Easter Sunday, we thought it would be fitting to take you on a journey to Easter Island.