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

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 ...

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

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

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

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, ...

Easter Island’s monumental stone figures have long seemed like a closed case, their story pinned to a familiar narrative of ...

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 ...

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

Unless you count the heat, the streets of Tullahoma, Tenn., have very little in common with Easter Island, a tiny spit of land off the coast of Chile. But local artist Steve Smith is doing his part to ...

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

Have you ever thought a place could be completely explored and understood, only to have a secret pop up out of nowhere? That's exactly what happened on Easter Island in 2023, where a previously ...