One of the biggest mysteries surrounding Easter Island may finally be solved - as scientists pinpoint who built the iconic stone heads over 900 years ago. In the past, researchers assumed that the 12 ...

For decades, the story of Easter Island has been used as a cautionary ecological tale: people cut down their own trees, chaos ensued, and the society collapsed. The long-standing myth paints the Rapa ...

Scientists believe they may have discovered the mystery behind the giant sacred statues on Easter Island. The statues, called moai, are believed to have been carved between 500 and 800 years ago. They ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new 3D model, made possible by Binghamton researchers, lets visitors explore the main quarry of Easter Island, home to nearly ...

Finding out what actually happened in the deep past can be a slog, so when ancient history is packaged as mystery—spine-tingling but solvable—it’s hard to resist. Who doesn’t want to know how a lost ...