Five hundred years ago, on the southern slopes of Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano, the Rapa Nui people skillfully carved ...

Exploring the moai statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is a unique experience ... island's eastern side that the Indigenous people used as a quarry. The volcanic crater is made of tuff, a soft ...

Since Rano Raraku (the quarry), is relatively near the water ... I'm not particularly knowledgeable about the Easter Island statues, but could the stones that were made into the statues be ...

As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues ...

She reported, "A total of 887 monolithic statues has been located by the survey to date on Easter Island...397 are still ... of moai still in the Rano Raraku quarry: 397 (45%) Total number of ...

The statues were placed on specially built ... There is one unfinished in a quarry in Easter Island which is over 70 feet (20m) tall - how they ever would have erected it goodness only knows.

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a winter night last June, José Antonio Tuki, a 30-year-old artist on Easter Island, did one of the things he loves ...

Easter Island is known for these iconic Moai statues, as well as mysteries surrounding the inhabitants of the island. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

and the statues remain sacred vessels. Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed here on Easter Sunday in 1722, the first European known to visit the island, but only stayed for one day. By the time ...

The statues were placed on specially built ... There is one unfinished in a quarry in Easter Island which is over 70 feet (20m) tall - how they ever would have erected it goodness only knows.