EASTER ISLAND (WKRC) - Researchers now claim to have solved the enigma of how these statues were transported, they "walked." Although they appear to be just heads, many have full bodies buried by ...
A groundbreaking study published in October 2025 has confirmed that the iconic moai statues of Easter Island were moved into ...
Scientists recently confirmed Rapa Nui legends about Moai heads "walking" to their locations, using 3D modeling to prove ...
Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone giants move.
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 ...
How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui–also known as Easter Island–carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this remote Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has swirled ...
New research featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York reveals that the "population crash" theory about Easter Island is just a myth. BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – A detailed new ...
IMAGINE A LITTLE volcanic island about the size of Nantucket studded with 600 giant stone figures, all with the same brooding, sightless face. That's Easter Island the South Pacific, so called because ...