View of Moais—stone statues of the Rapa Nui culture—on the Ahu Tongariki site on Easter Island, 3700 km off the Chilean coast in the Pacific Ocean. Photo by Gregory Boissy/AFP/Getty Images.

Easter Island’s iconic statues remain at risk after devastating fire. Recent blazes chewed through the heritage site, causing “irreparable” damage to hundreds of Rapa Nui’s sacred moai.

There are 887 moai scattered across Easter Island, ... art history professor at Mt San Antonio College in California who has expertise in ancient Oceanic art. She notes that walking statues are a ...

The truth behind the 'walking' statues of Easter Island In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, and its colossal Moai. 10 Jul 2023 ...

A potentially deliberate wildfire on Easter Island has wrought irreparable damage to the ancient moai head statues that dot the landscape of the Rapa Nui Natural Park, near the island’s Rano ...

Damaged Moai statues are seen after a wildfire at a local park in Easter Island, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on October 7, 2022. . (Rapa Nui Municipality/Handout via ...

Researchers have uncovered another of Easter Island's famous moai statues, local officials announced on Tuesday.Community leaders welcomed the news and believe it could be a key to further ...

The small island is only 63.2 square miles in area, and has a population of 7,750, according to the 2017 census. Stock image of a row of moai statues on Easter island looking eroded.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS discovered the famous Easter Island heads have hidden bodies below the ground, potentially offering further knowledge of the ancient civilisation that built them.