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Easter Island heads suffer irreparable damage after fire scorches the area, photos show
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoA fire on Easter Island caused severe damage to multiple iconic Easter Island heads, photos show....
Iconic Easter Island Heads Suffer 'Irreparable' Damage After Massive Wildfire
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome of the famed stone heads of Easter Island have been damaged in a massive wildfire. “The moai...
Activists bombard British Museum’s social media with calls for return of Easter Island statue
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe British Museum is facing renewed calls to return a huge moai statue to Easter Island, sparked by...
'Irreparable': Easter Island fire chars famous towering Moai statues; arson suspected
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA forest fire that ripped through part of Easter Island this week has charred some of its towering...
Volcano Could Spell Doom For Sacred Easter Island Statues
Out Traveler via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(CNN) – Easter Island’s towering stone heads and other archaeological elements have been charred by...
New Moai statue that 'deified ancestors' found on Easter Island
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA moai statue at Tongariki with the Ahu Tongariki moai in the background on Easter Island. The...
Exploring the Fascinating History of Rapa Nui — and How It Became Known as Easter Island
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 12 months agoLearn how they moved those massive maoi heads in this week's episode of Lost Cultures: Living...
Wildfire damages iconic landmarks on Easter Island
AccuWeather via AOL· 2 years agoOn Monday, Easter Island's Rano Raraku volcano erupted, causing a wildfire that swept through the Rano Raraku area and damaged the island's iconic stone...
New moai statue found in Easter Island volcano crater
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano...
Chile's Easter Island reopens to tourists after pandemic shutdown
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoChile's Easter Island received its first group of tourists on Thursday after closing its borders for more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Easter Island, over 2,000 miles (3,219 ...