The deforestation of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, has been a subject of intrigue and mystery among scientists.

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

A new study led by researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offers the clearest evidence yet that a centuries-long ...

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

Dr. Terry Hunt from the University of Arizona and Dr. Carl Lipo from the University of Birmingham have published a study in ...

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

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

“Sea level rise is real,” said Noah Paoa, lead author of the study and a doctoral student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. “It’s not a distant ...

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 ...