The iconic Moai statues of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, have long fascinated researchers and tourists alike. Recent ...

Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone giants move.

A groundbreaking study published in October 2025 has confirmed that the iconic moai statues of Easter Island were moved into ...

The mystery of how the roughly 130,000 pound statues traveled from quarry to resting place may be solved.

For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of archaeology’s longest-standing mysteries. How did an island society, remote ...

New research suggests Easter Island's moai were stood up vertically and 'walked' along carefully crafted roads.

Archaeologists have unearthed strange alien-looking statues with elongated heads from over 7,000 years ago in Kuwait, shedding more light on the origin and evolution of one of the oldest settlements ...

Discovered in modern-day Turkey at the Karahantepe site, it could be the first-ever carved depiction of a human face.

LONDON — From Confederate monuments in the United States to statues of British slave traders, memorials erected in honor of historical figures have become a focus of protests around the world. The ...