Scientists thought they found them all.
Nearly 900 stone giants stand in silence on Easter Island (also called Rapa Nui) in the South Pacific, a Chilean territory that is one of the most isolated inhabited places on the planet. These Moai ...
There are more than 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island, representing a key part of the region's cultural and archeological past. A new moai, smaller than most, was found in a dried-up lakebed. The ...
Just when experts thought they knew every moai on Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, a dried-up lakebed kept them on their toes. These statues—largely made of a stone formed from volcanic ash ...