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

One of the biggest mysteries surrounding Easter Island may finally be solved - as scientists pinpoint who built the iconic stone heads over 900 years ago. In the past, researchers assumed that the 12 ...

Now, scientists claim to have solved one important part of the mystery. Weighing between 12 and 80 tonnes, scientists have long wondered how the island's ancient civilisation could have moved the huge ...

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 ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

Would you travel 8,467 miles to see a ring around the moon for less than six minutes? On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives ...

A mysterious find on Easter Island, investigated by a team of geologists, suggests that the Earth's mantle seems to behave differently than once thought. Geography textbooks describe the Earth's ...