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Rapanui Municipality/AFP via Getty Images A number of Easter Island’s iconic ‘Moai ... adding that the statues already face slow damage from rain, sun and wind. “And the fire accelerates ...

The restored moai statues of Ahu Tongariki are one of the more spectacular sites on Easter Island. Rano Raraku may have more moai, but most are partially buried, uncompleted, or face down in the ...

One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth, Easter Island is famous for the thousand ... Rapa Nui’s statues are unique in their size and solemn faces. Photograph by Susan Seubert ...

While Easter Island is littered with hundreds of the towering stone heads they face threats from the elements, including the fires which led to this statue's discovery.

National Geographic reported in 2022 that there were 1,043 complete statues on Easter Island. The moai are carved out of volcanic stone. Most face inland, except for seven that face the ocean.

gazed perennially across Easter Island. Their bodies were etched with enigmatic symbols, and their faces, with prominent brows and elongated noses, seemed both comfortingly human and formidably ...

Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui ... The sculptures’ long faces stare across the lush landscape, which is home to more than 300 ceremonial platforms and structures related to agriculture ...

adding that the statues already face slow damage from rain, sun and wind. "And the fire accelerates that damage to the Moais." Easter Island, over 2,000 miles (3,219 km) from the coast of Chile ...