Scientists solve centuries-old mystery of how Easter Island's massive Moai statues got there

Scientists recently confirmed Rapa Nui legends about Moai heads "walking" to their locations, using 3D modeling to prove ...
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Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A fire that ripped through part of Chile’s Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai, authorities said. The ...
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Chile: Easter Island fire 'irreparably' damages some iconic statues

SANTIAGO, Chile — A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai, authorities said. The high ...
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CHILE: Next Stop, Easter Island

Chileans faced a poser. As possessors of Latin America’s only South Seas colony, ought they not ask for membership in the new U.N. Trusteeship Council? In Santiago, ambitious Leftist Lautaro Ojeda, ...