In A Nutshell Researchers used 11,686 drone photos to create the first complete 3D map of Easter Island’s main statue quarry, revealing 30 separate workshop areas where small family groups carved moai ...

One of the biggest mysteries surrounding Easter Island may finally be solved - as scientists pinpoint who built the iconic stone heads over 900 years ago. In the past, researchers assumed that the 12 ...

The gargantuan heads of Easter Island may have finally tacked on an artist credit — or several, it turns out. The over 900 statues on Rapa Nui, the indigenous name for the Chilean territory, had long ...

The island’s giant moai statues have fascinated historians since they were first discovered by European travelers in the early 18th Century.

A new 3D model shows Rapa Nui’s moai were carved by many small teams, overturning the myth of a single centralized system.

Unfinished moai attached to bedrock by “keels” along their backs demonstrate how carvers worked underneath from both sides until figures were separated from the source material. This production stage, ...

A team of geologists investigated Easter Island’s age by dating zircon minerals, which turned out to highlight ancient unknowns. A mysterious mineral discovery on Easter Island could be up to 165 ...

There are more than 1,000 moai statues on Easter Island, representing a key part of the region’s cultural and archeological past. A new moai, smaller than most, was found in a dried-up lakebed. The ...

Isolated in the Pacific, Easter Island is famed for its towering Moai statues—but the real story lies in the resilience of ...

A mysterious find on Easter Island, investigated by a team of geologists, suggests that the Earth's mantle seems to behave differently than once thought. Geography textbooks describe the Earth's ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As a native Staten Islander with a great interest in history, culture, and the arts, I thoroughly enjoy expanding my horizons beyond our shores by periodically leaving South ...