For years, the story of Easter Island has been told as a grim fable: a small, isolated community cut down its last tree, ...

A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.

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

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

Study upends what was known about origin of Easter Island statues - Researchers say there is evidence of decentralised construction of over 1,000 Moai statutes ...

We’re documenting something that really has needed to be documented, but in a way that’s really comprehensive and shareable.” ...

Archeologists have used drones and photogrammetry to create a map of the quarry that produced 95 of Easter Island's statues.

Rano Raraku, a steep-sided crater on the southeastern coast of Rapa Nui (as locals call the island), was the heart of moai ...

D mapping reveals Easter Island's iconic statues were built by competing family clans, not centralized rulers.

A new 3D model shows Rapa Nui’s moai were carved by many small teams, overturning the myth of a single centralized system.

A high-resolution 3D model of Rano Raraku shows that the moai were created in many distinct carving zones. Instead of a ...

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