It's hard to believe it's been two years since The Hut threw a giant block party welcoming the 42-plus-foot-tall Moai that long presided over kitschy Magic Carpet Golf. The stoic Easter Island-ish ...

Easter Island's giant moai statues could "walk" with only three things in place: a small group of people, long ropes and the use of pendulum dynamics, a new study finds. Researchers have long debated ...

In just 100 years, the emblematic stone sculptures that guard the coastline of Easter Island could be little more than simple rectangular blocks, conservation experts are warning. The giant heads, ...

Experts have worked out how the ancient people of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, were able to place massive stone hats on the island’s famous statues. A team of researchers that includes experts from ...

Challenging theories of logs and sleds, a new study scientifically proves the giant statues could have been 'walked' into place using ropes. The research team experimentally demonstrated that a ...

New research suggests that the iconic statues of Easter Island were crafted by various groups of people working independently. State-of-the-art computer modeling indicates that these monumental ...