New research reveals that ancient Easter Island was not isolated but played a key role in spreading ceremonial traditions ...

Easter Island will open an investigation to determine the cause and full extent of the wildfire as well as the damage to the Moai statues to see what repairs can be done.

A potentially deliberate wildfire on Easter Island has wrought irreparable damage to the ancient moai head statues that dot the landscape of the Rapa Nui Natural Park, near the island’s Rano ...

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Easter Island's fabled monumental carved moai statues were charred after a forest fire tore through part of the island, affecting nearly 60 hectares of land.

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A new study suggests that the island of Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, didn’t develop in the extreme manner of ...

Hundreds of the iconic head-and-torso statues were damaged in a blaze thought to be set on purpose.

Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Sunday, Nov, 27, 2022. Each monolithic human figure carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Rapanui people ...

A ship that supplies Easter Island with products from Chile's mainland is anchored off Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui, seen from a restaurant, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022.

Scientists on Easter Island say they have uncovered another of its iconic moai head statues after a lake in an extinct volcano dried up. The monolithic head carving was found on its side submerged ...

The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time. Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai – the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago… ...