Moai statues stand on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, Chile, Sunday, Nov, 27, 2022. By The Associated Press UPDATED: December 16, 2022 at 11:53 AM PST ...

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) ...

WATCH: Tiny Easter Island deals with giant trash problem Now, in Rapa Nui, people can trace a family history just by knowing their last name and where the moai named after their ancestors were placed.

The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time. Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai – the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago… ...

One of Easter Island‘s world-famous moai statues has been destroyed in an accident. A Chilean island resident was arrested on March 1 after his truck — a private vehicle, not a commercial one ...

The fire — caused by the nearby Rano Raraku volcano — started Monday and razed more than 100 hectares of the island, damaging its famous stone-carved statues known as ‘Moai’ which were ...

Rapa Nui, the Chilean territory widely known as Easter Island, is one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth Y. Mara Teresa Hernndez Friday 16 December 2022 13:40 GMT ...

The sun rises Nov. 26 behind a line of moais statues on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, in Chile. AP Moais statues stand Nov. 27 on Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, in Chile.