Scientists recently confirmed Rapa Nui legends about Moai heads "walking" to their locations, using 3D modeling to prove ...

Based on 3D modeling and testing on a moai replica, researchers think that small groups of people may have used ropes to ...

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 ...

EASTER ISLAND (WKRC) - Researchers now claim to have solved the enigma of how these statues were transported, they "walked." Although they appear to be just heads, many have full bodies buried by ...

The mystery of how the roughly 130,000 pound statues traveled from quarry to resting place may be solved.

The ancient moai statues of Easter Island may have been “walked” to their resting places, according to a new study.

For many years, people have wondered how the giant stone statues on Easter Island were moved. These statues, famous for their ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the giant statues of Easter Island moved to their present locations.

For years, researchers have debated how the Indigenous people of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, managed to move their giant ...

Easter Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, are some of the ...

The iconic Moai statues of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, have long fascinated researchers and tourists alike. Recent ...

A research team has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient people of Rapa Nui "walked" the iconic moai statues. Rollers, wooden carts, and even alien life are just a few of ...