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, ...

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

Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of ...

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

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

A groundbreaking new study provides compelling evidence that Easter Island's enormous moai statues were built by competing ...

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

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

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were constructed and the society that made them.

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

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