Researchers confirmed that Rapa Nui’s moai statues could “walk” upright using a rocking motion, aided by rope and just a few ...

New research reveals that Easter Island’s moai statues were built to “walk” upright using a rhythmic rocking motion.

A research team has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient people of Rapa Nui “walked” the iconic moai statues. Credit: Carl Lipo. The towering Easter Island moai have always ...

Archaeologists finally crack mystery of how Moai statues were erected on Easter Island - Roads made by villagers stabilised ...

Turns out, this is the sort of page that manages to combine the innocent with the adventurous, and the result is pleasantly more than the sum of its parts. The main attraction, obviously, is that ...