The statues are known as Moai, and are an impressive tribute to the Rapa Nui people.
Tutankhamun’s tomb
Starting in 2005, scientists spent eight years researching the features of a 1.8-million-year-old skull.
Explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovered the “lost” Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru in 1911.
The “lost city” of Petra