Easter Island statues, traditionally known as moai on the remote island of Rapa Nui in the South Pacific, are some of the most impressive artifacts of ancient Polynesian civilization. How the statues ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts believe the towering Moai of Easter Island were transported upright using an advanced rope technique, and today they still rise from the island's grassy fields below an ancient dorma… Tropical ...

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 ...

New research shows how people, palms, and millions of rats shaped Easter Island long before Europeans arrived.

Dozens of churches in Britain—commonly heated by oil or gas boilers—are currently in the process of installing ...