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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Archaeology & History Archaeologists on Easter Island Have Discovered a Previously Unknown Moai Statue Buried in a Dried-Out Lake Bed. More of the iconic head statues could turn up, researchers say.

Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki near the Rano Raraku volcano, top, on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Nov. 27, 2022. According to Salvador Atan Hito, vice president of the Ma'u Henua ...

It's hard to believe it's been two years since The Hut threw a giant block party welcoming the 42-plus-foot-tall Moai that long presided over kitschy Magic Carpet Golf.