Easter Island Moai Statues

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A New Statue Suddenly Appeared on Easter Island. That Doesn’t Make Sense.

Scientists thought they found them all.

Visit the end of the Earth to see Easter Island’s mysterious moai

Rapa Nui, 2,200 miles west of the mainland, is as rugged as it is remote — and an exploration offers blustery hikes, volcanic ...

Morning Overview on MSN

Archaeologists thought every island statue was found until one rose from a lakebed

Archaeologists had cataloged what they believed was every moai statue on Easter Island, a tally approaching 1,000 figures ...

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We now know how the Easter Island statues were moved

Easter Island’s massive moai statues were moved across the island without wheels, cranes, or modern machinery, yet many weigh ...

China Daily

Aiming for the skies

One of the photos, "Stargazing Giant", from the daring escapade, inspired N.J. Hynes, a poet born in Minnesota and based in London, to write a poem titled Tracking Light, Stacking Time. Both the poem ...

The Debrief

Easter Island’s Enigmatic Collapse Was More Complex Than Past Theories Suggest, as Researchers Point to Compelling New Evidence

Researchers found that a severe drought began around 1550, leading to a significant drop in rainfall on Easter Island.

VegOut Magazine

If you've been to any of these 12 places, you didn't just travel—you went somewhere that required enough intention and enough inconvenience that most people talk about going ...

These are the places that sit in your "someday" folder for decades, demanding so much planning, money, and sheer determination that 99% of people who dream about them will die having never booked the ...