The main quarry for Easter Island's statues, this volcanic crater is a virtual moai graveyard. The stone-faced giants lie in various states of production. Some are half carved, many are broken, and ...

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. "This ...

Based on a 5-year excavation of two Moai found within the Easter Island quarry called Rano Raraku, the Easter Island Statue Project released the first definitive study to reveal the quarry as a ...

On Monday, Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano erupted, causing a wildfire that swept through the Rano Raraku area and damaged the island's iconic stone heads. Rano Raraku is also known as the moai ...

The meaning of Easter Island's mysterious Moai, which have stood on the remote Polynesian island for hundreds of years, has long been a source of interest for researchers. Carvers in ancient Rapa Nui ...

A researcher has offered a new theory for the mystery of Easter Island’s stone heads, arguing in a recent study that carvers believed they helped the growth of crops. Soil tests of the Rano Raraku ...

The 1.6-metre statue has been described as ‘full-bodied with recognisable features but no clear definition’ A new moai – one of Easter Island’s iconic monolithic statues – has been found in the bed of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The fire burned the land near Rano Raraku, an extinct volcanic crater, ...

A huge blaze that swept through part of Easter Island has caused significant damage to the renowned stone moai monuments. The fire, which started on Monday, tore through Rapa Nui, a national park with ...