Researchers believe the giant moai statues on Easter Island were “walked” into place using their own immense weight as ...

Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues. At 2,500 miles off the coast of Chile, the island is one of the world's most remote places ...

Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are almost 30 feet tall and weigh up to 80 tons. This is Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, a land full of history and culture.

The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, are best known for their deep-set eyes and long ears. They also sport impressive multi-tonne hats made from a different rock type. Quite how these ...

The mayor of Easter Island has called for motor restrictions to be put in place in the area after a truck collided with a sacred stone statue. Pedro Edmunds Paoa told local media that the incident ...

The statues were placed on specially built platforms ... There is one unfinished in a quarry in Easter Island which is over 70 feet (20m) tall - how they ever would have erected it goodness ...

I didn’t expect to see its famous moai statues face down in the dirt ... But the most surprising thing about my visit to Easter Island, known locally as Rapa Nui, was watching the moon do ...

and the statues remain sacred vessels. Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed here on Easter Sunday in 1722, the first European known to visit the island, but only stayed for one day. By the time ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

The statues were placed on specially built platforms ... There is one unfinished in a quarry in Easter Island which is over 70 feet (20m) tall - how they ever would have erected it goodness ...