Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

The recent discovery of the moai’s true builders comes not long after scientists from Binghamton University and the ...

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

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were ...

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

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

Despite standing on one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth, the iconic moai of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) can now be experienced from the comfort of your home.

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

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

Carl studied a variety of possibilities to decipher the mystery of how the statues were moved to where they stand today in the island.

Learn how several working groups with their own carving techniques built the iconic moai of Easter Island.

Easter Island’s Rapa Nui statues were carved by several independent groups, including competing families, without any central ...