While technically full-bodied statues have been known to exist on Easter Island for hundreds of years, some of the new petroglyph writings on the recently excavated statues appear fairly unique.

"The diversity of the petroglyphs challenges that these were ... A view of a "Moai" statue near the town of Hanga Roa on Easter Island, 2,486 miles west of Santiago, Chile October 19, 2003.

Driving your rental car about two miles east of Ovahe Beach will take you to Papa Vaka, the site of the largest petroglyph discovered on Easter Island. The immense rock slab in the ground features ...

Easter Island is famous for its moai ... with tribal leaders vying for control over resources and influence. Many petroglyphs depicting the Birdman cult's iconography were carved at Orongo ...

What's even more interesting -- there are petroglyphs (rock markings ... it discusses recent progress by The Easter Island Statue Project to uncover, study, and catalogue two statues.

Easter Island, Chile – I couldn’t wait to see ... boat-shaped houses to contemplate, along with petroglyphs depicting symbology of the ancient world. The most awesome site, in terms of sheer ...

Here, on Easter Island, each statue is individually constructed by groups.” A signed stone recently discovered beneath one of the heads held a petroglyph of a Polynesian style canoe, and a clue ...

Petroglyphs, or rock art, are seen on the back of Moai 157, which was re-exposed during the excavation of two Moai by Jo Anne Van Tilburg and her team at Rano Raraku quarry, Rapa Nui. Credit: Easter ...

These stunning pictures reveal the Easter Island head statues had huge bodies buried underground. And researchers have also discovered the monolithic statues have petroglyph engravings (pictures).

the Rapa Nui carved them as an expression of an intricate culture that also included petroglyphs, tattooing and ancient Oceania’s only written language. One of many Easter Island mysteries is ...

Easter Island’s hotels, restaurants and tour businesses ... The stories of those races are told in a half-dozen large petroglyphs carved in stone perched over the edge of the caldera, vulnerable ...