Just when experts thought they knew every moai on Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, a dried-up lakebed kept them on ...

The tallest of the moai measures 33 feet tall and, on average, each statue weighs around 14 tons. Given that they were created somewhere between the 1200s and 1500 CE, by locals using tools made from ...

A previously unknown moai statue, one of Easter Island's massive carved monoliths, has been found buried beneath a dried up lake bed, Good Morning America reports. Easter Island, also known as ...

The Moai statues of Easter Island are a key part of the island’s history and ancient civilizations. Nearly 1,000 of these statues were built starting in the 13th century A.D. by the Rapa Nui people.

There are more than 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island, representing a key part of the region’s cultural and archeological past. A new moai, smaller than most, was found in a dried-up lakebed.

Hundreds of statues, or moai, dot the landscape Easter Island, known to locals as Rapa Nui. Most of the moai ring the island with their backs to the sea—but many never made it out of the Rano ...

A new moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has said.

In a dry lake bed, archaeologists on Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—have unearthed a previously unknown statue. The new find is one of the moai, the famous stone figures located around ...

There are nearly 1,000 moai on Easter Island made from volcanic tuff, according to Dr. Terry Hunt, professor of archeology at the University of Arizona who has been studying the statues and the ...

One expert says moai weigh on average between three to five tons. ullstein bild via Getty Images Jo Anne Van Tilburg, an archeologist and the director of the Easter Island Statue Project, told Fox ...

A newly discovered Moai statue on Easter Island has been found buried in a dried up lake bed. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...