Easter Island came to the world's attention in 1962 when pictures of moai appeared in National Geographic magazine. "Massive heads carved of stone stand vigil on this island so remote, that the ...

Most everyone is familiar with the enigmatic stone heads of Easter Island, the massive carved rocks that sit on stone platforms on the coast and lie scattered across the landscape. The heads ...

Maybe this isn't a newsflash to everyone, but the Moai "heads" on Easter Island have bodies ... many people tend to think of them as just big heads. But the bodies (generally not including ...

The people of Easter Island may have adorned their monumental statues with massive stone ‘hats’ by rolling the headgear up gentle ramps. The iconic statues of Easter Island, which is also ...

Rapa Nui's majestic rock statues (also known as Stone Heads of Easter Island) have been a mystery since Europeans first arrived in the 1700s on the island, located in the Pacific Ocean off the ...

Scientists studying the geographical distribution of stone heads across the island of Rapa Nui, Easter Island, have proposed a new theory for their origin. An Easter Island study published this ...

One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth, Easter ... count on the island, there are 1,043 complete moai, enormous statues with prominent heads made from volcanic stone.

Surprising new evidence is rewriting the story of the giant stone heads of Easter Island. How were Easter Island’s giant stone heads made? New research challenges the idea that their ...

Easter Island’s towering stone heads and other archaeological elements ... “exposure to high temperatures … which could create big fractures that affect the Moai’s integrity,” according ...

Several iconic Easter Island head statues suffered “irreparable ... The fires cracked the stone on several of the statues, which will allow rain and weathering to make their way into them ...

The Moai Stone Heads of Easter Island have been damaged by fires on the Rano Raraku volcano. Photo / Municipality of Rapa Nui, Supplied The stone heads of Easter Island have been damaged in a ...

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui–also known as Easter Island–carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this remote Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has ...