A new moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has said.

One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth, Easter Island is famous for the thousand or so enigmatic, towering statues that dot its landscape, called moai. Earlier this month, a fire ...

The Easter Island statues, or moai, show the amazing skills of the Rapa Nui people. Between 1100 and 1650, they made nearly ...

Earlier this week, a new moai statue was found in a dry lake bed on the island, according to Salvador Atan Hito, the vice president of Ma'u Henua. Ma'u Henua is the Indigenous organization which ...

Earlier this week, a new moai statue was found in a dry lake bed on the island, according to Salvador Atan Hito, the vice president of Ma'u Henua. Ma'u Henua is the Indigenous organization which ...

There are more than 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island, representing a key part of the region’s cultural and archeological past. A new moai, smaller than most, was found in a dried-up lakebed.

There are approximately 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island, but the recent discovery has excited archaeologists believing there could be more to unearth. Amy Nichole Harris Shutterstock An ...

The moai was found lying in a dried-up lagoon inside a volcano crater, leading researchers to believe there could be more statues and archaeological finds nearby. Researchers have uncovered ...

A man looks at the moai statue discovered in a dried up laguna in a crater on the Rano Raraku volcano on Eaaster Island AFP A new Moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed ...