These statues, often called “Easter Island heads,” actually have full bodies ... The chisels were key to the moai’s detailed ...

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 ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos ... concentration on Easter Island's southeast coast. Here, the moai are more 'standardized' in design, and are ...

Living on a remote, barren isle bestowed with few resources, the Rapanui needed to combine ingenious design with flawless ... gazed perennially across Easter Island. Their bodies were etched ...

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 ...

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 ...

Surprising new evidence is rewriting the story of the giant stone heads of Easter Island. How were Easter Island’s giant stone heads made? New research challenges the idea that their ...

LONDON (CNN) — The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by ... structures in the shape of human heads to commemorate their ancestors ...

The British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by a social ... structures in the shape of human heads to commemorate their ancestors, believing ...

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 ...