Archeologists have used drones and photogrammetry to create a map of the quarry that produced 95 of Easter Island's statues.

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

The recent discovery of the moai’s true builders comes not long after scientists from Binghamton University and the ...

Binghamton University archaeologists have released a new interactive, 3D model of the Moai statue quarry on Rapa Nui (Easter ...

A sweeping 3D analysis of Rapa Nui’s main moai quarry shows that the island’s iconic statues weren’t produced by a single ruling authority, but by many small, independent groups working simultaneously ...

Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of ...

Learn how several working groups with their own carving techniques built the iconic moai of Easter Island.

State-of-the-art computer modeling shows the iconic monuments arose from numerous teams from different clans working ...

For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of archaeology’s longest-standing mysteries. How did an island society, remote ...

Unfinished moai attached to bedrock by “keels” along their backs demonstrate how carvers worked underneath from both sides until figures were separated from the source material. This production stage, ...

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were constructed and the society that made them.

Scientists have uncovered how ancient Easter Islanders moved massive moai statues. Instead of dragging them flat, the statues ...