On February 25, a new moai was discovered in Rapa Nui, which was buried at the bottom of a lake that dried up. The news was announced by the Ma’u Henua community -who manage the Rapa Nui National Park- to the US media.
As stated Radio Bio Biothe discovery occurred at the beginning of last week and from Rapa Nui they describe it as a very important discovery “because it is here in the lake and nobody knows that it exists. Not even our ancestors, or our grandparents, knew about it.”
The person in charge of breaking the news was the vice president of Ma’u Hebua, Salvador Atan Landmark in the middle Good Morning America of ABC News, where he specified that the moai discovered is smaller than those already known in Rapa Nui.
Also, together with Dr. terry hunt, a professor of archeology at the University of Arizona, specified that the discovered sculpture is the first of its kind. In addition, they indicate that climate change may have affected the drying of the lake, allowing this opportunity to study the area.
The archaeologist stressed that “they have been hidden by the tall reeds that grow in the lake, and prospecting with something that can detect what is below the surface of the earth could tell us that there are in fact more moai in the sediments of the lake bed. When there is one moai in the lake, possibly there are more.”
