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

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

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

Thousands of miles apart, both sites feature megaliths, symbolism, and unexplained knowledge. Some researchers believe these parallels point to a deeper prehistoric connection.

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

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

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

Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago and typically mounted on platforms called ahu. Scholars have puzzled over the moai on Easter Island for ...

Experts believe the towering Moai of Easter Island were transported upright using an advanced rope technique, and today they ...

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

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

The Marine Mammal Stranding Center says erosion from the recent nor'easter is impeding investigation into what happened.