Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are almost 30 feet tall and weigh up to 80 tons. This is Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, a land full of history and culture.

Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki near the Rano Raraku volcano, top, on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Nov. 27, 2022. According to Salvador Atan Hito, vice president of the Ma'u Henua ...

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 ...

Easter Island’s iconic statues remain at risk after devastating fire. Recent blazes chewed through the heritage site, causing “irreparable” damage to hundreds of Rapa Nui’s sacred moai.

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.

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.

Moai statues on Easter Island Andia / Universal Images Group via Getty Images In a dry lake bed, archaeologists on Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—have unearthed a previously unknown statue.

The largest Moai statue was indeed carved but never erected, according to experts. "There is an exceptionally 'tall' statue on Rapa Nui, known locally as El Gigante and said to be 20m long (66 feet).

The sun rises behind a line of moai statues on Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile, on Nov. 26, 2022. The statues were damaged in an October wildfire. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ...

The 1.60-metre Moai was found facing towards the sky. (AFP: Ma'u Henua Indigenous Community) "You have to ask the whole Rapa Nui community what they want to do with the Moai, and the oldest people ...