Easter Island has about 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered throughout the island. Most historians agree that ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered across the island. Hancock argues that the island was settled, and the statues were built about 12,000 ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos ... "ahu" has two meanings in Easter Island culture. First, an ahu is the flat mound or stone pedestal upon which ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The 'Talking Boards' of Easter Island ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 198 No. 6 (June 1958), p. 61 doi:10.1038 ...

He shakes his head. “How did they do it ... 15 restored moai stand watch at Ahu Tongariki, the largest of Easter Island’s ceremonial stone platforms. Rapanui artisans carved the moai ...

What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants, which weighed ... of gravity thanks to a large base and a narrow head. Pavel Pavel used a crew of 17 people divided into ...

A controversial new theory suggests the iconic Easter Island statues could be thousands of years older than previously ...

Easter Island is home to roughly 1,000 Moai - the large stone heads. Hancock thinks settlers first arrived there 12,000 years ago and stayed until Polynesian settlers arrived. He also argues the ...