The quarry was more than just a workplace. It was also a spiritually significant site. The moai are thought to represent 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 ...

"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 ...

moai, dot the landscape Easter Island, known to locals as Rapa Nui. Most of the moai ring the island with their backs to the sea—but many never made it out of the Rano Raraku quarry, seen here ...

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 ...

Visitors to the quarry will see the ruins of dozens of abandoned statues littering the outer slopes and roadsides; it's the best place on the island to get a sense of the immense number of moai ...

Largest moai: Location: Rano Raraku Quarry, named "El Gigante" Height: 71.93 feet, (21.60 meters) Weight: approximately 145-165 tons (160-182 metric tons) Largest moai once ...

The excavation of this moai, nicknamed "Papa" by Katherin Routledge in 1914, began in spring of 2010. Quarry bedrock is visible in one of the excavation squares and the color variation on the ...

Rapa Nui mayor said moai statues were left "totally charred." Skip to main content. ... He said that half of the heads located at the Rano Raraku quarry, the site where more than 800 of the ...

Moai statues on Easter Island Photo by Andia / Universal Images Group / Getty Images. Last week, a ... The area contains over 300 moai, as well as the volcanic rock quarry they originated from.

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 moai were believed to have magical powers given by the gods. Placed facing inland (although a few faced the sea), heights range from about 15 to 20 feet tall and weigh from about 10 to 270 tons.