"We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up." Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for the 1,000 stone heads called moai that dot its hills and coastline. They were carved ...

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 ...

The volcanic crater is made of tuff, a soft volcanic rock ideal for carving. From 1100 to 1500 AD, roughly one thousand moai statues were carved from the crater's eastern slope.

Easter Island has about 900 moai statues scattered throughout the island, with 386 in Rapa Nui National Park, many of which were damaged by the blaze, according to CNN.

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 women’s hairstyle evokes the pukao, a hat made of reddish stone placed on the heads of the moai. Damaged moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, Chile, on Nov, 27, 2022.

The coastal winds whipped across my face as I craned my neck to see the 15 moai before me. Standing up to two storeys tall and with their backs to the choppy Pacific Ocean, the statues' empty eye ...

But all agree that it was he who made the moai kavakava walk. (man speaking Rapanui) NARRATOR: This actually referred to small wooden statues.

An exciting new discovery has been made on Easter Island. Good Morning America reports that in late February, a new moai statue was found in Rapa Nui National Park in Chile. The sacred statue was ...

An exciting new discovery has been made on Easter Island. Good Morning America reports that in late February, a new moai statue was found in Rapa Nui National Park in Chile. The sacred statue was ...

A newly discovered Moai statue on Easter Island has been found buried in a dried up lake bed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

moai, dot the landscape Easter Island, known to locals as Rapa Nui. Most of the moai ring the island with their backs to the sea—but many never made it out of the Rano Raraku quarry, seen here ...