Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.

"We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up." Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for the 1,000 stone heads called moai that dot its hills and coastline. They were carved ...

Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile can be overwhelming. I speak from experience, having spent many hours planning to make the most of a week on this ...

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 ...

Other moai statues sit on the slopes of the Lake Rano Raraku crater lake. The newfound statue was found buried at the bottom of the dried up lake. (Image credit: lovelypeace via Getty Images) ...

Charred Moai stone statues on Easter Island, singed in a wildfire earlier this year, are signs of a growing tension between landowners and conservationists in this tiny, remote island in the ...

The giant moai statues at Ahu Tongariki in Rapa Nui. (Image credit: Atlantide Phototravel via Getty Images) A deforested environment. When people first came to Rapa Nui, around 1,000 years ago ...

Damaged Moai statues are seen after a wildfire at a local park in Easter Island, Chile, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on October 7, 2022. . (Rapa Nui Municipality/Handout via ...

A number of Easter Island’s iconic ‘Moai’ stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island’s mayor told Reuters on Friday.

There are around 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island. All figures are monolithic human faces that were carved out of volcanic rock approximately 500 years ago by the Polynesian tribe, Rapa Nui.

This is the land of the moai, iconic human statues unique to Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island – an isolated island around the size of Washington DC situated 3,500km (2,170 miles) off the ...

The rugged faces of these figures sport world-famous furrowed brows and sloping noses. This is the land of the moai, iconic human statues unique to Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island – an isolated ...