Five hundred years ago, on the southern slopes of Easter Island's Rano Raraku ... statue's descent. Without such coordination ...

A new statue has been unveiled to the public. Until now, the sculpture remained hidden at the bottom of the Rano Raraku crater. As long as the lagoon was filled with water, the monolith remained ...

The main quarry for Easter Island's statues, this volcanic crater is a virtual moai graveyard ... suggests that the moai production in Rano Raraku quarry probably started and stopped often ...