Island heads’ are famous worldwide but also mysterious. Who made these stone statues? How were they transported? What do they ...

An estimated several hundred moai are in that area ... arrested after crashing his truck into one of the sacred Easter Island heads, leading to vehicle restrictions on the island.

caused irreparable damage to the Moai statues, or Easter Island heads, mayor says. Photo from the Municipalidad de Rapa Nui A fire on Easter Island caused severe damage to multiple iconic Easter ...

Some are buried from the neck down, the heads seemingly observing their ... belongs to Chile and is widely known as Easter Island, the loss of any moai would be a blow to ancient cultural and ...

A devastating wildfire earlier this week caused "unmeasurable" damage to a number of Easter Island’s famous stone head statues ... painful to see how the Moai burned," said Francisco Haoa ...

The moai were built mainly between 1400 and ... These statues, often called “Easter Island heads,” actually have full bodies, ...

Others stand upright with their head and shoulders above ground ... Due to the ecological and archaeological sensitivity of this moai site on Easter Island, you must visit with a guide, and ...

Maybe this isn't a newsflash to everyone, but the Moai "heads" on Easter Island have bodies. Because some of the statues are set deep into the ground, and because the heads on the statues are ...

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 were built about 12,000 ...

Several iconic Easter Island head statues suffered “irreparable ... which includes the wetland and moai sector. The shortage of volunteers at the national level makes it more and more complex ...

The wildfire burned through the Rano Raraku crater, an area with wetlands and numerous Moai statues, commonly called Easter Island heads. An unspecified number of Easter Island heads were scorched ...