Jo Anne Van Tilburg: Yes, yes. At first glance the moai all look alike, but Van Tilburg says no two are the same. Anderson Cooper: How are they different? Jo Anne Van Tilburg: Well they're ...

Unfortunately, there is no written record (and the oral history is scant) to help tell the story of this remote land, its people, and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate ...

There are hundreds of huge stone statues on Rapa Nui — the so-called Moai. No one has ever conclusively found out why they exist. But researchers have long assumed that many thousands of people ...

“There have been no moai found in the dry bed or in what was previously a lake, so this is a first.” And it may not be the last. As the area undergoes drying, the lakebed in question has given ...

"We think we know all the moai, but then a new one turns up, a new discovery, and in this case, in the lake, at the statue quarry," he said. "There have been no moai found in the dry bed or in ...

A moai statue has been discovered on Easter Island ... The new statue is 1.6 metres tall and is “full-bodied with recognisable features but no clear definition”, according to a statement ...

From the fate of its once vibrant population to the origins of its moai statues, Easter Island is rife with mystery. As Ars Technica reports, a team of scientists may have answered one question ...