Tag: moai
On Easter Island, the famous Moai statues suffered ‘irreparable damage’ following a fire
One of the statues damaged by the fire in Rapa Nui, October 6, 2022. – /AFP About 80 Moai statues, emblematic of Easter Island, were damaged, sometimes in a way…
Easter Island: Fires irreparably damage Moai figures
Fires have been raging on Rapa Nui in the South Pacific since Monday. Many of the world-famous stone figures also fell victim to this. Several of the monumental Moai figures…
Transported to Santiago de Chile 152 years ago, a moai returned to Easter Island
Since 2018, the Rapa Nui people have been asking the Chilean government for the return of this 715-kilo basalt statue. The National Museum of Natural History in Chile announced on…