One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth, Easter Island is famous for the thousand or so enigmatic, towering statues that dot its landscape, called moai. Earlier this month, a fire ...

During the Spring Equinox, they face sunset, and during the Autumn ... Exploring the moai statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is a unique experience, offering a glimpse into the island’s ...

This 1950s footage captures a captivating exploration of Easter Island, focusing on its iconic moai statues ... include a moai silhouetted against a sunset, providing a hauntingly beautiful ...

However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island for which he ... glory remained in the form of head-shaped statues (called moai) scattered across the island’s shore. These moai may not be as ...

Easter Island, situated around 2,200 miles west of Chile, is infamous for its "heads," or moai statues, created by the Rapa Nui people. The small island is only 63.2 square miles in area ...

Moai statues on Easter Island Photo by Andia / Universal Images Group / Getty Images Last week, a fire spread through Easter Island and caused permanent damage to the area’s iconic statues ...

Easter Island in the southeast Pacific is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues known as moai. In February, archaeologists found ...

Mayor of Easter Island Pedro Edmunds told local media: "The damage caused by the fire can't be undone" A fire has damaged the enigmatic statues on Easter Island, with some of the charring said to ...

Easter Island’s towering stone heads ... Monday and razed more than 100 hectares of the island, damaging its famous stone-carved statues known as ‘Moai’ which were created by a Polynesian ...

In this Polynesian territory that now belongs to Chile and is widely known as Easter Island ... were carved, the island was divided according to its clans, but most of the statues were created ...

By Johnny Diaz Some of the ancient monolithic statues in Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island have been damaged beyond repair in a wildfire, the authorities said. The fire has burned more than ...

The famous statues on Rapa Nui — also known as Easter Island — have suffered "irreparable" damage in a fire, local authorities said. A photo shared by the municipality of Rapa Nui on social ...