Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...

Island has been a source of fascination for historians, researchers, and tourists for centuries. Reaching it is not ...

The island, home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads known as Moai, has long fascinated archaeologists and historians.

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos ... "ahu" has two meanings in Easter Island culture. First, an ahu is the flat mound or stone pedestal upon which ...