Archaeologists who analyzed the physics of the statues and their transport found that they were sculpted and transported in a ...

A recent study in the Journal of Archaeological Science by archaeologists Carl Lipo of Binghamton University and Terry Hunt ...

New research suggests Easter Island's moai were stood up vertically and 'walked' along carefully crafted roads.

Remote and mysterious, Easter Island is home to the iconic Moai statues — but their story is one of struggle, not mystery.

Explorers have long known there was more to the 887 statues on Easter Island—some 2,000 miles west of Chile—than just the statue heads made famous in photographs. When most people think of the ...

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New research reveals that Easter Island’s moai statues were built to “walk” upright using a rhythmic rocking motion.

Archaeologists confirmed the Moai statues on Easter Island were moved using ropes and roads by the Rapa Nui people.

Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago and typically mounted on ...

Easter Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage. In an ancient quarry on top of a volcano on a remote ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. One of Easter Island's world-famous moai statues has been destroyed in an accident. A Chilean island resident was arrested on ...

The iconic heads hewn from volcanic rock may have been wobbled into place by the Rapa Nui people who created them ...