In the study, scientists were interested in exploring how ancient people moved these gigantic stone structures without any machines.
New research suggests Easter Island's moai were stood up vertically and 'walked' along carefully crafted roads.
The mystery behind how the massive statues on Easter Island, called moai, were transported and positioned may finally be ...
New research reveals that Easter Island’s moai statues were built to “walk” upright using a rhythmic rocking motion.
Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago and typically mounted on ...
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Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...
Archaeologists confirmed the Moai statues on Easter Island were moved using ropes and roads by the Rapa Nui people.
The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around ...
Their findings line up perfectly with Rapa Nui oral traditions, which have long claimed the statues literally walked from the ...
For years, researchers have speculated about how the ancient people of Easter Island managed to move their massive moai statues, some weighing several tons. A new study, published in the Journal of ...