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

Two moai are currently held at the museum. These are monolithic ancestral heads originating from Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, better known as Easter Island in English. The first moai ...

The researchers' investigations indicate the pukao were rolled across miles of rugged terrain and earthen ramps to reach the top of the ancestor heads, called Moai. The largest of these colossal ...

With one rope around the head of the statue and another around the base, they "walked" the moai replica forward by swiveling and rocking it from side to side. Using this method, Pavel Pavel ...

Advice for capturing the magical moai, dramatic coastlines and stunning night skies above the world’s most remote island ...

At Anakena seven potbellied moai stand at attention on a 52-foot-long stone platform—backs to the Pacific, arms at their sides, heads capped with tall pukao of red scoria, another volcanic rock.

In the spring of 1998, I was asked to take part in the filming of the NOVA film "Easter Island," during which experts examined hand methods for moving and erecting moai, the huge stone statues for ...

From Elgin Marbles to Moai heads: What artefacts have the British Museum been urged to return? - The Parthenon Sculptures, Rosetta Stone and Benin Bronzes are just some of the ‘contested objects ...

Two moai are currently held at the museum. These are monolithic ancestral heads originating from Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, better known as Easter Island in English. The first moai, Hoa ...