Evidence is now stronger than ever that the mysterious population collapse of Rapa Nui never actually happened. Recent ...

The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around ...

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

Simple physics may explain how the Easter Island statues could "walk" miles with only a handful of people, but the debate over their transport is far from over.

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

For decades, textbooks and documentaries have claimed the Rapa Nui people destroyed their own island - cutting every tree to move their stone statues and dooming themselves to extinction. But that ...

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

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

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

Now, scientists claim to have solved one important part of the mystery. Weighing between 12 and 80 tonnes, scientists have long wondered how the island's ancient civilisation could have moved the huge ...

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 ...

For many years, people have wondered how the giant stone statues on Easter Island were moved. These statues, famous for their giant heads and serious faces are called Moai (pronounced mo-eye), and can ...