A study using 11,600 aerial drone photos to map a mountainous quarry in 3D reveals more about how the island's famed stone ...

Researchers have unearthed a new 5-foot-tall moai statue created by Indigenous Rapa Nui people on Easter Island. Volunteers from three Chilean universities made the discovery on Feb. 21 in a dry lake ...

Everyone knows about the enigmatic statues scattered across Easter Island, but the travel destination is worth visiting for ...

Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...

A new moai has been discovered on the remote inhabited volcanic Easter Island situated in Polynesia. Earlier this week, a new moai statue was found in a dry lake bed on the island, according to ...

New excavations and high tech scans on one of the world’s most remote islands are forcing archaeologists to redraw the story ...

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