A previously unknown moai statue has been found in the crater of a volcano on Chile’s Easter Island. Guard.
The new statue was found by a group of volunteer scientists from three Chilean universities working on the project to restore the swamp ecosystem of the Rano Raraku volcano. The moai was discovered in the crater of a volcano with a lake that began to dry up in 2018. The 1.6-metre-high statue was found lying on its side and looking up at the sky.
“This moai has great potential for scientific and natural research – this is a truly unique discovery, because for the first time a moai was discovered in the Rano Raraku crater, inside a lagoon (lake. – socialbites.ca),” the indigenous community said. Ma’ Island said in a statement to u Henua.
Scientists state that for the last 200-300 years, the lagoon in the Rano Raraku crater has been three meters deep, meaning that not a single person could have left the moai there at that time.
Easter Island officials in October 2022 reportedHe said a forest fire on the island damaged some monumental tuff carvings known as moai. More than 100 hectares of land were affected by the fire in the Rano Raraku sector, which includes the wetlands and moai sector.