Archaeologists Reveal Bodies Buried Beneath Easter Island Stone Heads

Easter Island, often called one of the most remote places on the planet, is peppered with the heads of more than 800 stone figures. Now archaeologists have discovered that beneath those mysterious heads are carved bodies, entombed in the earth below.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Waka trip to Easter Island with no mod cons

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Inside Easter Island's Secrets

The first methodical investigation of the statues at Rapa Nui, which many think of as simple heads, reveals the complete figures buried over centuries by natural forces.

Easter Island statues have full bodies and contain ancient petroglyphs

Click image to see more photos. (EISP/EISP) Explorers have long known there was more to the 887 statues on Easter Island—some 2,000 miles west of Chile—than just the statue heads made famous in photographs. When most people think of the renowned monolithic statues, they think of the heads only. But in October 2011, the Easter [...]

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