Based on 3D modeling and testing on a moai replica, researchers think that small groups of people may have used ropes to ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the giant statues of Easter Island moved to their present locations.

The iconic Moai statues of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, have long fascinated researchers and tourists alike. Recent ...

Explorers have long known there was more to the 887 statues on Easter Island—some 2,000 miles west of Chile—than just the statue heads made famous in photographs. When most people think of the ...

The ancient moai statues of Easter Island may have been “walked” to their resting places, according to a new study.

Scientists believe the statues may have "walked" Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, and ...

Easter Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage. In an ancient quarry on top of a volcano on a remote ...

For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and ...

Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen has an exquisite track record, having “discovered” both the Polynesian islands of Bora Bora and Maupiti. However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island for which he is most ...