Sacred Easter Island statues suffer ‘irreparable damage ... - CNN
WEBOct 10, 2022 — The fire – caused by the nearby Rano Raraku volcano – started Monday and razed more than 100 hectares of the island, damaging its famous stone-carved statues known as ‘Moai’ which were ...
Dried Lake Reveals New Statue on Easter Island | Smithsonian
WEBFeb 28, 2023 — In a dry lake bed, archaeologists on Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island —have unearthed a previously unknown statue. The new find is one of the moai, the famous stone figures located around...
Easter Island statue uncovered in dried-up lake - BBC
WEBMar 2, 2023 — Researchers on Easter Island have found a previously undiscovered moai - one of the Pacific island's distinctive stone statues. It was found in a dried-out lake bed around the Rano Raraku...
New Moai statue that 'deified ancestors' found on Easter Island
WEBFeb 28, 2023 — A previously unknown moai statue, one of Easter Island's massive carved monoliths, has been found buried beneath a dried up lake bed, Good Morning America reports.
Easter Island statue uncovered in dried-up lake - BBC News
WEBMar 2, 2023 — Researchers on Easter Island have found a previously undiscovered moai - one of the Pacific island's distinctive stone statues. It was found in a dried-out lake bed around the Rano Raraku...
Satellite imagery may provide missing puzzle piece in Easter Island ...
WEBJun 21, 2024 — New research using satellite imagery and machine learning offers a fresh clue in the mystery of what happened to the original settlers of Easter Island.
Fire Irreversibly Damages Easter Island Statues | Smithsonian
WEBOct 12, 2022 — Last week, a fire spread through Easter Island and caused permanent damage to the area’s iconic statues, called moai. The blaze spread through some 250 acres of the Unesco World Heritage site,...
New Easter Island statue found in volcanic crater’s dry lake
WEBMar 2, 2023 — Researchers have found a new moai statue in a dry lake on the Chilean island of Rapa Nui, joining the approximately 1,000 other iconic monolithic sculptures on what is internationally known as Easter Island.
An Easter Island 'first': New, indigenous moai statue found in …
WEBMar 2, 2023 — 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...
What it was like to experience the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on ...
WEB8 hours ago — It's famous for its 900 or so moai, giant stone monoliths carved between 1150 and 1290 that look solemnly inwards from the coast. After a few days of photographing the moai across the island in ...