So, how and why did these 13-ton “pukao” hats get up there on top of a 4-meter (13-foot) statue? Archaeologists think they have cracked the case. The island of Rapa Nui was first inhabited in ...

The women’s hairstyle evokes the pukao, a hat made of reddish stone placed on the heads of the moai. Damaged moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, Chile, on Nov, 27, 2022.

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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 ...

"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 ...

The fire has burned more than 247 acres of the Pacific island, where hundreds of haunting monolithic statues, called moai, have stood for centuries. Skip to content Skip to site index.

Moai: Two original Easter Island moais: nine feet, five tons and 13 feet, nine tons. Method: Trying the same method as above on actual moai statues, Pavel Pavel used a crew of eight people for the ...

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.

A new moai was found on Easter Island in the bed of a volcano crater lake, thanks to severe drought conditions in the area. The Pacific island, located roughly 2,175 miles west of the Chilean ...

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 ...