Here’s how it works. A previously unknown moai statue, one of Easter Island's massive carved monoliths, has been found buried beneath a dried up lake bed, Good Morning America reports.

In a dry lake bed, archaeologists on Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—have unearthed a previously unknown statue. The new find is one of the moai, the famous stone figures located around ...

However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island for which he is most ... scattered across the island’s shore. These moai may not be as old as other famous monoliths, like Stonehenge, but they ...

One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth, Easter Island is famous for the ... clear connection between the Rapa Nui’s moai and similar monoliths found around Polynesia.

READ MORE: Easter Island fire leaves famous moai statues ‘totally charred ... The Ma'u Henua is currently conducting initial research on the monolith in an effort to learn about its preservation ...

A select few of Easter ... moai out of volcanic tuff, a type of rock made from volcanic ash ejected during an eruption. Experts still argue about it, but it's now generally accepted that these ...

RAPA NUI (EASTER ISLAND), Chile — Eclipse-chasers ... ring of fire' display It's famous for its 900 or so moai, giant stone monoliths carved between 1150 and 1290 that look solemnly inwards ...

Easter Island — also called Isla de Pascua and Rapa Nui — is famed worldwide for its moai, giant stone monoliths carved in ...

A team from the British Museum arrived Tuesday on Easter Island to meet ... paunchy profile, the monolith stands at the entrance to a gallery in the British Museum. The moai is distinguished ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... hundreds of massive moai, monolithic statues carved from volcanic rocks that are found across the island. These monoliths are just pieces ...