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

For years, the story of Easter Island has been told as a grim fable: a small, isolated community cut down its last tree, ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

A sweeping 3D analysis of Rapa Nui’s main moai quarry shows that the island’s iconic statues weren’t produced by a single ruling authority, but by many small, independent groups working simultaneously ...

A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were ...

The iconic monuments arose from numerous teams from different clans working independently of each other. The post New ...

Easter Island's iconic moai statues have long puzzled the world, but new research hints at a surprising twist in their ...

Learn how several working groups with their own carving techniques built the iconic moai of Easter Island.

A new 3D model shows Rapa Nui’s moai were carved by many small teams, overturning the myth of a single centralized system.

Scientists have uncovered how ancient Easter Islanders moved massive moai statues. Instead of dragging them flat, the statues ...

Despite standing on 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.