The mystery behind how the massive statues on Easter Island, called moai, were transported and positioned may finally be ...

Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...

For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of ...

Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago and typically mounted on ...

The ancient people of Rapa Nui likely used ropes to rock the giant statues in an upright, zig-zag motion along specially designed, concave roads. This method is said to be both energy-efficient and ...

Archaeologists in south-east Turkey have made an extraordinary find—a prehistoric stone face that might turn everything we ...

ST. LOUIS -- Though you know they're supposed to be there among the emerald flora and fauna and the shimmering fountains and pools at the Missouri Botanical Garden, the 66 stone sculptures from Africa ...

"Both busts are presented in a stone sculpture design, accompanied by bases that feature characteristics of stone columns. A highlight on these "Frozen" busts is the national flower of Arendelle, the ...

The T-shaped pillar is the first with a face to be found in the Stone Age archaeological sites of Turkey’s Taş Tepeler ...

An effort to bridge the cultural divide between Santa Rosa and its sister city in South Korea has run into its own cultural cross-currents. Santa Rosa's City Council agreed Tuesday to accept two ...

Red lipstick, and its base of waxy fat, is notoriously hard to remove from porous stone sculptures and cleaning it undermines ...