A previously unknown moai was discovered in the Rano Raraku area of Easter Island, the famous volcanic quarry where most of ...

Researchers at the State University of New York at Binghamton believe they've cracked the case of how Easter Island's famous moai statues were transported across the island. Their answer: they "walked ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Using 3D modeling and field experiments, researchers led by Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo have verified that the ...

Rapa Nui is famous for its nearly 1,000 Moai, but the video explores mysteries extending far beyond the statues themselves. At Ahu Vinapu, massive fitted polygonal stonework appears strikingly ...

A man looks at the moai statue discovered in a dried up laguna in a crater on the Rano Raraku volcano on Eaaster Island – Copyright AFP Sakis MITROLIDIS A new Moai ...

A new 3D model of Easter Island's moai became available on 23 September 2026, bringing the Rano Raraku quarry and its unfinished statues to online visitors. The research project connects a remote ...

The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around Easter Island. Reading time 3 minutes The moai statues of Easter Island have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are more than 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island, representing a key part of the region's cultural and archeological past.

Go, go, full speed ahead! Grandpa's World Cruise LogLeaving the Chilean port city of Valparaíso behind, the ship finally ...

Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. A new study looks at how the ...

For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of archaeology's longest-standing mysteries. How did an island society, remote ...