Explorers have traveled to the most hostile regions of the planet because of the human desire to see what lies beyond the ...

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.

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 ...

Simple physics may explain how the Easter Island statues could "walk" miles with only a handful of people, but the debate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers confirmed that Rapa Nui’s moai statues could “walk” upright using a rocking motion, aided by rope and just a few people. Experiments with replicas and 3D models revealed design features ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Some of the world’s greatest breakthroughs are found in the most unlikely places, including the soil of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island.

Sept. 5 (UPI) --Rising sea levels could flood more than 50 archaeological sites on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, by 2080 -- including the iconic Ahu Tongariki, according to a new study from the ...