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I am perched above the kilometre-wide crater of Rano Kau, on the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ... hills while being watched by huge stone heads – imposing relics of a ...

A fire, from a human or volcano, on Easter Island, Chile, caused irreparable damage to the Moai statues, or Easter Island heads, mayor says. Photo from the Municipalidad de Rapa Nui A fire on ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A fire that ripped through part of Chile’s Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures ... the local head of the ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai ... from the coast of Chile. Both Hancock and archaeologists agree that how anyone ever reached Easter Island is ...

Tourists take photos of Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile, April 5, 2024. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point ...

Easter Island, over 2,000 miles (3,219 km) from the coast of Chile, has over a thousand stone statues -- giant heads that were carved centuries ago by the island's inhabitants -- which have ...

Easter Island’s towering stone heads and other archaeological elements ... island lies some 3,500 km (2,174 miles) off the coast of Chile and is the most remote inhabited island on the planet.

Easter Island came to the world's attention in 1962 when pictures of moai appeared in National Geographic magazine. "Massive heads carved of stone stand vigil on this island so remote, that the ...

A fire on Easter Island caused severe damage to multiple iconic Easter Island heads, photos show ... is about 2,200 miles west of the coast of Chile.