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

For years, researchers have speculated about how the ancient people of Easter Island managed to move their massive moai statues, some weighing several tons. A new study, published in the Journal of ...

For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of archaeology’s longest-standing mysteries. How did an island society, remote ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island – Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the giant statues of Easter Island moved to their present locations. Located in the South Pacific, Easter Island is home to ...

The online model lets researchers and anyone with an internet connection explore areas that the island’s 100,000 annual ...

When the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed on Easter Island in 1722, he was puzzled by how the indigenous islanders could have transported the hundreds of colossal stone statues he found studding ...

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 ...

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 ...

How Easter Island’s moai statues made it from the quarry to their final destinations has been a mystery for centuries. Archaeologists who analyzed the physics of the statues and their transport found ...

Researchers say Easter Island's 4-ton moai "walked" across the island -- thanks to physics, ropes and a little ancient choreography -- no magic necessary. Binghamton University Turns out, the heads of ...

Despite standing in one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth, the iconic moai of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) can now be experienced from the comfort of your home. This is thanks to a new, ...