One of the mysteries of Easter Island's moai statues is why islanders dragged them to the coast. Now, scientists think they may be markers for hidden water sources.

Recent research on Easter Island, published in the Plos One journal in 2019, showed that the placement of ahus around the coast corresponds with sources of freshwater, which would've been vital to ...

Located over 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands. It's famous for the enormous stone statues known as moai, ...

Unleash your inner explorer with a rental car on Easter Island. ... drive south briefly along the coast for about 0.8 miles to the turnoff with a road leading north to Rano Raraku.

Easter Island’s iconic statues remain at risk after devastating fire. Recent blazes chewed through the heritage site, causing “irreparable” damage to hundreds of Rapa Nui’s sacred moai.

Easter Island is about 2,200 miles west of the coast of Chile. The fire burning at night on Easter Island. The remains of an Easter Island head overlooking the fire-scorched crater.

Easter Island is one of the most remote islands on Earth, located about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) from the nearest landmass, ... (3,500 kilometers) from the coast of Chile. ...

Easter Island is about 2,200 miles west of the coast of Chile. The fire burning at night on Easter Island. Photo from Brigada de Protección Ambiental CONAF Rapa Nui ...

View of Moais -- stone statues of the Rapa Nui culture -- in Easter Island, 3700 km off the Chilean coast in the Pacific Ocean, on August 5, 2022.

Easter island, also known as Rapa Nui, ... (3,500 kilometers) from the coast of South America, and contains nearly 1,000 statues, up to 13-foot-tall (4 meters) ...

Geologically speaking, Easter Island, which lies some 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile, is something of a spring chicken.