The ancient moai of Easter Island are suffering from progressive degradation. Indigenous authorities and experts warn of the progressive degradation of the mysterious volcanic stone statues.
A year and a half after the flames affected more than 350 archaeological pieces, 22 of them moai with "serious alterations" The Mau Henua indigenous community, administrator of the Rapa Nui National Park, is in the discount to implement a conservation project and cleaning of just a dozen objects, five of them ancestral stone figures of the indigenous people.