Historic discovery on Easter Island

Much of the blame for Easter Island’s enigma surrounding its culture and past lies with the Rano Raraku volcano. Now, for the first time since time immemorial, the lack of rain caused by the climate crisis and a raging fire that has swept away the cat-tail reeds of the freshwater lagoon located in the Inside the crater, allowing a very peculiar moai to be seen.

It is an ancient sculpture five feet tall and three feet wide, which was not only completely unknown to the Rapanui community that inhabits the island but is also very different from the other anthropomorphic statues already discovered. Other objects and stone fragments have even been found that could be part of another moai. All of this was discovered on 20 February by a team of scientific volunteers from various universities who were studying the consequences of the fire that devastated 100 hectares of the island last October.
Historic discovery on Easter Island