The recent discovery of the moai’s true builders comes not long after scientists from Binghamton University and the University of Arizona confirmed that the statues were moved by “walking” across ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation.

These giant figures have stood in silence for hundreds of years, guarding secrets of a remote island in the South Pacific.

The mystery of exactly who built Easter Island's towering stone heads may finally have been solved. Scientists have discovered that the famous statues, or Moai, were not erected by a massive organised ...