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 ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

Many questions about the famous moai statues on Easter Island, Chile, have long eluded scholars-from their cultural significance to how they were made and transported. A recent study in the Journal of ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island – Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the giant statues of Easter Island moved to their present locations. Located in the South Pacific, Easter Island is home to ...

Carl studied a variety of possibilities to decipher the mystery of how the statues were moved to where they stand today in ...

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.

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, ...

Researchers have unearthed a new 5-foot-tall moai statue created by Indigenous Rapa Nui people on Easter Island. Volunteers from three Chilean universities made the discovery on Feb. 21 in a dry lake ...