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

Dive into the intriguing mysteries surrounding Easter Island with our latest video, "Well That's Easter Buried." Explore the ...

EASTER ISLAND (WKRC) - Researchers now claim to have solved the enigma of how these statues were transported, they "walked." Although they appear to be just heads, many have full bodies buried by ...

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

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

Easter Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, are some of the ...

The mystery of how the roughly 130,000 pound statues traveled from quarry to resting place may be solved.

The mystery of the Moai stone heads has eluded onlookers for centuries — and now, researchers say they finally know how they ...

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

Simple physics may explain how the Easter Island statues could "walk" miles with only a handful of people, but the debate over their transport is far from over.

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 ...

Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago and typically mounted on ...