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Scientists have uncovered how ancient Easter Islanders moved massive moai statues. Instead of dragging them flat, the statues ...

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, ...

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

If you're moving from one place to another with a blind person, ask if they want you to lead them. If they say yes, ask if ...

I t’s time for a new installment in the For Dummies series. Since the 1980s, these best-selling, concise, step-by-step reference manuals have illuminated the mysteries of plumbing, car repair, ...

"People think that CPR brings people back to life, when only 2% of people receiving basic CPR alone will survive. But alone ...

Buffalo Bill State Park sits just west of Cody, Wyoming, like that quiet, unassuming neighbor who turns out to have the most fascinating stories at the block party. While Yellowstone gets all the fame ...

The moments when four ancient worlds faced disaster are brought to life in an epic new series exploring Rome, Egypt, the ...

Nestled along the mighty Mississippi River, Hannibal, Missouri isn’t just Mark Twain’s boyhood playground—it’s a retirement paradise hiding in plain sight where your dollar stretches further than your ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza has never lacked for theories, but a new wave of research is replacing speculation with testable ...

Deep in Egypt, among the ruins of powerful gods, stands a statue of Sekhmet that doesn’t quite add up. From strange damage patterns to inexplicable precision—something here defies the expected As ...