For centuries, the famous statues that dot the coast of the remote Easter Island in the southeastern ... University found that the main water supply for the island’s inhabitants might be the ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote ... were often constructed near sources of fresh water, leading researchers to theorize that the statues played an important role in community building ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered across the island. Hancock argues that the island was settled, and the statues were built about 12,000 ...

It has three crater lakes but no streams; fresh water is scarce ... The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less ...

Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues. At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places ...

Graham Hancock's new theory claims a lost civilization built the Easter Island statues more than 11,000 years old. (photo credit: f11photo. Via Shutterstock) A new theory about who built the giant ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island ... and its placement - those are all things that matter." The statues were placed on specially built platforms ranged along ...

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...

Their spirits were said to temporarily live inside the statues ... to find ways to combat overtourism. Easter Island, home to about 6,000 people, faces water scarcity, and this influx of travelers ...