Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:There are more than 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island, representing a key part of the region’s cultural and archeological past. Just when experts thought they knew every moai on Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter Island, a dried-up lakebed kept them on their toes. These statues—largely made of a stone formed from volcanic ash and dust called tuff—pepper the island, with more than 1,000 already found and logged. The finishing touch on moai was the inclusion of special stones for the eyes, not carved or placed until the statue found its home. Even though experts thought they knew the locations of all of these moai homes, finding this new, small one in the lakebed proves some had remained a complete mystery.