"We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up." Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for the 1,000 ...

How humans moved large rocks to construct monuments has fueled many theories, even though it is a matter of physics and coordinated efforts by a large workforce. A more interesting concept to explore ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Hawaii, Easter Island and other exotic places. With special ...

Researchers are excavating some of Easter Island's famous statues, ... Mónica Bahamondez P. and Jo Anne Van Tilburg in the Rano Raraku quarry with unexcavated statues 'Mama' and 'Papa.

The recent trip to Easter Island was the trio’s first foray into the South Pacific. For Van Hook, it was his first time out of the country. “Talk about a great first use of a passport,” Balascio said.

A select few of Easter Island’s giant heads have an especially strange choice of headwear. Just a handful of these famous volcanic rock statues have a red “hat” placed on top of their head.

moai, dot the landscape Easter Island, known to locals as Rapa Nui. Most of the moai ring the island with their backs to the sea—but many never made it out of the Rano Raraku quarry, seen here ...

A new moai was found on Easter Island in the bed of a volcano crater lake, thanks to severe drought conditions in the area. The Pacific island, located roughly 2,175 miles west of the Chilean ...

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 nearly 1,000 moai on Easter Island made from volcanic tuff, according to Dr. Terry Hunt, ... and in this case, in the lake, at the statue quarry," he said.