The huge stone figures of Easter ... the locations of the megalithic platforms, or ahu, on which many of the statues known as moai sit, as well as scrutinising sites of the island’s resources ...

The ancient people of Chile's Easter Island built their massive and mysterious statues in those locations because of access to nearby freshwater sources and other resources, scientists have found.

When it comes to Easter ... as the island is called in the local language, positioned them near sources of humanity’s most vital resource: fresh water. Archaeologists studied the location ...

Canberra - The ancient people of Chile's Easter Island built their massive and mysterious statues in those locations because of access to nearby freshwater sources and other resources ...

Scientists believe they may have solved one of the many mysteries of Easter Island’s enigmatic statues ... it is that it demonstrates the statue locations themselves are not a weird ritual ...