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 ...

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

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

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

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

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, ...

These giant figures have stood in silence for hundreds of years, guarding secrets of a remote island in the South Pacific.

Scientists have debunked a popular myth surrounding Easter Island. An analysis of the island's famed rock gardens, undertaken by a team of researchers including faculty from Binghamton University, ...