The sun rises behind a line of moai statues on Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile, on Nov. 26, 2022. The statues were damaged in an October wildfire. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island (a name given to it by Europeans), is located in the southeast Pacific and is famous for its approximately 1,000 carvings of moai, human-faced statues.

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 ...

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 ...

Planning a trip to Easter Island? Here's a complete guide to the remote Chilean territory, also known as Rapa Nui, including how to get there and where to stay.

Easter Island’s famous Moai statues remain one of the greatest archaeological enigmas in the world. This video questions the mainstream narrative that Polynesian settlers carved and transported ...

A ship that supplies Easter Island with products from Chile's mainland is anchored off Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, seen from a restaurant, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022.

Each of the moai – the nearly 400 on the volcano and more than 500 others elsewhere on the island — represents an ancestor. A creator of words and music. A protector.

There are nearly 1,000 of the moai on Easter Island, distinctive for their huge heads. Their bodies are often buried beneath the earth and have in recent years been excavated .

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.