A fire on Easter Island caused severe damage to multiple iconic Easter Island heads, photos show. The fire scorched about 250 acres of Easter Island, also known by its indigenous name Rapa Nui ...

Maybe this isn't a newsflash to everyone, but the Moai "heads" on Easter Island have bodies.Because some of the statues are set deep into the ground, and because the heads on the statues are ...

Giant stone figures watch over Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, where visitors can hike, bike, snorkel and learn more about the imposing relics I am perched above the kilometre-wide crater of Rano Kau ...

The Easter Island heads are located in the Rapa Nui National Park, according to the park’s website. The park has 887 Moai statues and 300 ceremonial platforms spread across the island, ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote islands on Earth, located about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) from the nearest landmass, the Pitcairn Islands, and more than 2,100 miles (3,500 kilometers ...

Several iconic Easter Island head statues suffered "irreparable" damage in a fire that may have been the result of arson, according to local officials. The fire engulfed the remote island's ...

While there is no consensus on when Easter Island was first inhabited, it is thought Polynesians settled the island around the 12th century. The 887 known statues, measuring up to 32ft (10m) tall ...

Easter Island is home to roughly 1,000 Moai - the large stone heads. Hancock thinks settlers first arrived there 12,000 years ago and stayed until Polynesian settlers arrived.

A fire on Easter Island caused severe damage to multiple iconic Easter Island heads, photos show. The fire scorched about 250 acres of Easter Island, also known by its indigenous name Rapa Nui ...

Easter Island Origins. Season 51 Episode 2 | 53m 17s Video has Audio Description, Closed Captions | AD CC. New evidence reveals the real story of Easter Island and the builders of its stone heads ...

The Easter Island heads are located in the Rapa Nui National Park, according to the park’s website. The park has 887 Moai statues and 300 ceremonial platforms spread across the island, ...