Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local language ... an 8-foot-tall basalt figure known as Hoa Hakananai’a (“lost or stolen friend”), which was taken without permission in 1868.

Easter Island is a Chilean island located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It's most widely known for the incredible stone statues - called moai - that were created and scattered across the ...

A wildfire on Easter Island has caused "irreparable" damage to some of its iconic stone-carved statues, according to authorities. The blaze, which is being treated as arson, "totally charred" a ...

The museum currently displays two moai, taken from the Chilean territory of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) by British surveyors ... “How do you feel about displaying stolen artefacts?”.