or Easter Island heads, mayor says. Photo from the Municipalidad de Rapa Nui A fire on Easter Island caused severe damage to multiple iconic Easter Island heads, photos show. The fire scorched ...

Several iconic Easter Island head statues suffered “irreparable” damage in a fire that may have been the result of arson, according to local officials. “More than 100 hectares were affected ...

Maybe this isn't a newsflash to everyone, but the Moai "heads" on Easter Island have bodies. Because some of the statues are set deep into the ground, and because the heads on the statues are ...

After approvals, the archaeologists excavated two of the Easter Island heads to reveal their torso and truncated waist. The heads had been covered by successive mass transport deposits on the ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered across the island. Hancock argues that the island was settled, and the statues were built about 12,000 ...

"That's the story of my life," he says, shaking his head. Easter Island came to the world's attention in 1962 when pictures of moai appeared in National Geographic magazine. "Massive heads carved ...

A fire on Easter Island caused severe damage to multiple iconic Easter Island heads, photos show. The fire scorched about 250 acres of Easter Island, also known by its indigenous name Rapa Nui ...