Easter Island’s massive moai statues were moved across the island without wheels, cranes, or modern machinery, yet many weigh ...

For centuries, the vast stone figures of Easter Island, known as moai, have fascinated archaeologists and travellers around the world. These statues, carved up to 900 years ago from volcanic rock, ...

Scientists thought they found them all.

Easter Island’s Rapa Nui statues were carved by several independent groups, including competing families, without any central authority overseeing them, according to a new study. The iconic Moai ...

Three-dimensional model of Rano Raraku quarry produced through Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry. This comprehensive digital documentation, derived from 11,686 UAV images, reveals the complex ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that ...

Easter Island's statues were made by different groups of people, according to new research. The iconic monuments arose from numerous teams from different clans working independently of each other, ...