Archaeologists have confirmed that Easter Island’s iconic Moai statues were “walked” to their platforms using rope by “remarkably few” of the island’s indigenous Rapa Nui people, solving a ...

Scientists believe they may have discovered the mystery behind the giant sacred statues on Easter Island. The statues, called moai, are believed to have been carved between 500 and 800 years ago. They ...

These giant figures have stood in silence for hundreds of years, guarding secrets of a remote island in the South Pacific. Now, scientists say they have finally solved part of the mystery. Researchers ...

Scientists have long been confounded as to how the island’s native people were able to move such massive structures without the aid of machines or a large population The researchers now believe the ...