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 ...

Carl studied a variety of possibilities to decipher the mystery of how the statues were moved to where they stand today in ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

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, ...

Scientists have uncovered how ancient Easter Islanders moved massive moai statues. Instead of dragging them flat, the statues ...

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