These statues, often called “Easter Island heads,” actually have full bodies, many hidden under the soil. At the famous quarry of Rano Raraku, about 95% of the statues were carved from soft ...

The imposing statues that line the coast of Easter Island have been an enigma to experts ... it can flow out of the ground and into surface water bodies - this is the groundwater discharge.

Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues. At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places ...

Speaking on The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, co-host Richard Osman shared a conversation he had with a Traitors executive, ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered across the island. Hancock argues that the island was settled, and the statues ... that I have been to.

As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues ...

Experts pointed out that similar statues on surrounding Pacific Islands have similar poses. "[Easter Island] is one of the most amazing places on planet Earth that I have been to. It is riddled ...

The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ... on Easter Island's moai are the results of Van Tilburg's survey in 1989. She reported, "A total of 887 monolithic statues has been located ...

and the statues themselves, had to traverse several miles over very rough and hilly terrain. What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants, which weighed, on average ...

On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island ... much larger moai would have been a tense business. Dozens of fallen statues line the roads leading ...