Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Among the palm fronds and hibiscus flowers of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, the moai—massive statues of volcanic rock usually carved in the images of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Easter Island has very few trees, so the idea of dragging the statues on wooden sledges or rollers seemed highly unlikely. So ...

Easter Island has long been considered one of archaeology's most studied puzzles. With more than 1,000 massive stone figures already mapped across its landscape, researchers believed they had a fairly ...

On one of the most isolated islands on Earth, hundreds of massive stone statues have stood for over 800 years. Built by the Rapa Nui people, they are believed to represent powerful ancestors—but many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest unfinished statue on Easter Island is known as Te Tokanga. It would have weighed around 270 tons if completed. - Carl ...

The towering, stone statues on Easter Island continue to awe and inspire people since they were first built somewhere between the 13th and 16th centuries. This includes Philadelphia-based composer and ...

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 ...

Researchers say Easter Island's 4-ton moai "walked" across the island -- thanks to physics, ropes and a little ancient choreography -- no magic necessary. Binghamton University Turns out, the heads of ...

How did Easter Island’s famed moai statues get to where they are? It’s a question that has long fascinated historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and tourists alike. Now, a team of researchers at ...

The monumental statues of Easter Island, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island's barren landscape, have been a great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans. How ...

How Easter Island’s moai statues made it from the quarry to their final destinations has been a mystery for centuries. Archaeologists who analyzed the physics of the statues and their transport found ...

Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought ...