In A Nutshell Researchers used 11,686 drone photos to create the first complete 3D map of Easter Island’s main statue quarry, ...

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 ...

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

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were ...

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

The island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is famous for its moai. These giant, anthropomorphic monoliths have long puzzled anthropologists, driving extensive research into their ...

Despite standing on one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth, the iconic moai of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) can now be experienced from the comfort of your home.

Scientists believe the statues may have "walked" Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, and ...

Unlike other studies, which think they were crafted by a powerful tribe, it's thought that individual clans and families ...

The huge stone heads, some of them weighing 50 tons, stare out at the empty Pacific with bland, archaic, sneering expressions. No one knows who carved these enigmatic faces—or why, or how, or when.