Easter Island’s mysterious "Moai" statues provide a big draw for tourists to the islands, which magnifies any loss of the stones. The island is host to over 1,000 of the statues, which can weigh ...

When teacher Konturi Atán finished drawing one on the blackboard on a recent day, ... The sun rises behind a line of moai statues on Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile, on Nov. 26, 2022.

The moai were more than art; ... The Easter Island statues, or moai, show the amazing skills of the Rapa Nui people. Between ...

Moai Statues. The hundreds of mysterious moai statues around Easter Island are the primary draw for visitors. Most are located within Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Access to ...

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.

Now, people can see his replicas of the famed Moai (Moe-eye) statues, better known as Easter Island heads.Easter Island, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is home to about 50 descendants ...

A newly identified sculpture in Easter Island found in a dried wetland intrigues researchers studying the Rapa Nui society. by Taylor Michael March 1, 2023 March 2, 2023 ...

Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Sunday, Nov, 27, 2022. Each monolithic human figure carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui people ...

Like most visitors to Easter Island, I was very interested in seeing a sample of the approximately 1,000 mysterious massive monolithic Moai (statues) carved from volcanic tuff between 1000 and 1600.

Smith is semi-retired and works on art in his spare time – particularly sculptures. In about a year and a half, he created six replica Easter Island Moai heads with plans to add another one soon.

Nearly 1,000 mysterious, monolithic moai statues have been drawing visitors to Easter Island—a 63-square-mile speck in the ocean, 2,100 miles from continental Chile—for more than a century.