A study using 11,600 aerial drone photos to map a mountainous quarry in 3D reveals more about how the island's famed stone ...
Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...
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 ...
A recent study in The Journal of Archaeological Science by Carl Lipo of Binghamton University and Terry Hunt of the ...
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Easter Island statues may have 'walked' thanks to 'pendulum dynamics' and with as few as 15 people, study finds
Easter Island's giant moai statues could "walk" with only three things in place: a small group of people, long ropes and the use of pendulum dynamics, a new study finds. Researchers have long debated ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carl Lipo, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION) Rapa ...
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