A research team including Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo has confirmed via 3-D modeling and field experiments that the ancient people of Rapa Nui "walked" the iconic moai statues. Image ...

The mystery of the Moai stone heads has eluded onlookers for centuries — and now, researchers say they finally know how they got there. The statues, which were carved and placed on the South Pacific's ...

Now, scientists claim to have solved one important part of the mystery. Weighing between 12 and 80 tonnes, scientists have long wondered how the island's ancient civilisation could have moved the huge ...

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Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the giant statues of Easter Island moved to their present locations.

How did Easter Island’s famed moai statues get to where they are? It’s a question that has long fascinated historians, archaeologists, anthropologists and tourists alike. Now, a team of researchers at ...

The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around Easter Island. Reading time 3 minutes The moai statues of Easter Island have ...

Scientists believe the statues may have "walked" Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, and ...

Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago and typically mounted on platforms called ahu. Scholars have puzzled over the moai on Easter Island for ...