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.

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile. Visiting Easter Island ...