A groundbreaking study published in October 2025 has confirmed that the iconic moai statues of Easter Island were moved into place by “walking” them upright using ropes. This discovery resolves a long ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island – Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the giant statues of Easter Island moved to their present locations. Located in the South Pacific, Easter Island is home to ...

People around the world are fascinated by how ancient civilizations managed to move massive weights for their iconic monuments without the modern technologies at our disposal today. One of them are ...

New research shows how people, palms, and millions of rats shaped Easter Island long before Europeans arrived.

For many years, people have wondered how the giant stone statues on Easter Island were moved. These statues, famous for their giant heads and serious faces are called Moai (pronounced mo-eye), and can ...

The monumental statues of Easter Island, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island's barren landscape, have been a great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans. How ...

Explorers have long known there was more to the 887 statues on Easter Island—some 2,000 miles west of Chile—than just the statue heads made famous in photographs. When most people think of the ...

The Pacific island of Rapa Nui — also called Easter Island by the Europeans that arrived there on a Sunday in 1722 — is arguably most famous for its iconic human-like volcanic rock statues called moai ...