State-of-the-art computer modeling shows the iconic monuments arose from numerous teams from different clans working ...

The recent discovery of the moai’s true builders comes not long after scientists from Binghamton University and the ...

A groundbreaking new study provides compelling evidence that Easter Island's enormous moai statues were built by competing ...

A sweeping 3D analysis of Rapa Nui’s main moai quarry shows that the island’s iconic statues weren’t produced by a single ruling authority, but by many small, independent groups working simultaneously ...

Easter Island's iconic moai statues have long puzzled the world, but new research hints at a surprising twist in their ...

New data challenges the conventional narrative that humans were the main cause of deforestation on this remote Pacific ...

Unfinished moai attached to bedrock by “keels” along their backs demonstrate how carvers worked underneath from both sides until figures were separated from the source material. This production stage, ...

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were constructed and the society that made them.

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

Groundbreaking research undertaken by Uppsala University and published in the journal Antiquity (via Ancient Origins) has rewritten previously held beliefs about the remote society of Rapa Nui, also ...

The mystery of the Moai stone heads has eluded onlookers for centuries — and now, researchers say they finally know how they got there. The statues, which were carved and placed on the South Pacific's ...

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.