The statue was found in a dried up lagoon inside a volcano crater
Researchers have discovered another of Easter Island’s famous moai statues in the bed of a lagoon inside a volcano crater, according to the Guardian newspaper. These are the characteristic monolithic carved stone figures, with elongated faces and no legs.
The statue was found by a team of researchers from three Chilean Universities who were collaborating on a project to restore the swamp in the crater of the Rano Raraku volcano. The statue is 1.60 meters tall and was found lying on its side, “gazing” at the sky.
“This moai has great potential for scientific and natural studies. It is a truly unique discovery, as it is the first time a moai has been discovered inside a lagoon in a Rano Raraku crater,” the Ma’u Henua Aboriginal community said in a statement.
Several statues on this island were damaged after a forest fire last October. “This moai is in the center of a lagoon that started to dry up in 2018. The interesting thing is that, for at least the last 200 or 300 years, the lagoon was three meters deep, which means that no human could have left the moai,” said the director of the Ma’u Henua community, which manages Rapa Nui National Park, where the volcano is located.
Moai are statues found on Easter Island. These are monolithic statues, made of volcanic ash from the Rano Raraku area, representing human figures. Today a total of 887 moai have been found on the island.
Source: Skai
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