But many more made it to their platforms intact. The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui ...

The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ethnographers, archaeologists, and visitors to the island since the first European explorers arrived here in 1722. In their isolation ...

The ancient Polynesians navigated their canoes ... of how the Easter Islanders transported and erected their 15-ton moai. "It's not much different from erecting a mast on a very large canoe.

While the Rapa Nui are best known for their Moai, monolithic stone statues of deified human ancestors, a lesser known marvel of theirs is Rongorongo, a unique writing system that new research ...

Could the mysterious Moai statues of Easter Island and the ancient carvings of Göbekli Tepe be linked? Despite being separated by thousands of miles and constructed in vastly different eras, their ...

are ancient wonders built 4,500 years ago near Memphis, symbolizing Egypt's rich history. Easter Island, in the southeastern Pacific, is renowned for its moai statues created by the Rapa Nui and ...