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 ...

Known as Moai by the Rapa Nui people who created the figures in the tropical South Pacific directly west of Chile, these huge statues were carved from stone found on the island between 1100AD ...

These statues, often called “Easter Island heads,” actually have full bodies, many hidden under the soil. At the famous ...

Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile can ... Others stand upright with their head and shoulders above ground while their bodies remain buried in the soil.

A viral Reddit post has claimed that one of the Easter Island ... statues was carved, but was never erected, and would have been 72 feet tall. The Moai statues consist of large heads and smaller ...

the statues' empty eye sockets, once embellished with white coral and red scoria, gazed perennially across Easter Island. Their bodies were etched with enigmatic symbols, and their faces ...

The marquee attraction is the roughly 900 oversized head-and-torso statues ... fires on Easter Island in the more than 32 thousand archaeological sites. To prevent fire, we need to have guards ...

Easter Island is home to nearly 1,000 of the huge statues, known as moai. It has not yet been confirmed how many have been damaged in the fire. Each oversized head – carved by tribespeople 500 ...

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 ...

Tullahoma, located at the edge of the Highland Rim, is the home of several replica Moai head statues ... Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean and housed in museums around the world, have ...