In 1955, it was discovered that Moai, the ancient and mysterious giant heads on Easter Island, had very large bodies buried underneath the ground. Now, scientists and archaeologists believe they know ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited ... The statues, which are carved from volcanic rock, stand at 13 feet high and weigh 10 metric tons (around 22,000 pounds), according to National ...

At the Easter Island site, the NOVA team drags the concrete ... of this added up to a whole new way of looking at moving big rocks. Like many others, I had been distracted by scenes from antiquity ...

The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, are best known for their deep-set eyes and long ears. They also sport impressive multi-tonne hats made from a different rock type. Quite how these ...

An earthquake measuring 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale struck Chile's Easter Islands in the South ... among the almost 6,000 inhabitants of the island, which belongs to Chile despite being ...

ROCK IT, standing up, side-to-side. Or, maybe try to ROLL IT, lying down, on round palm poles, or perhaps DRAG IT on its back. Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... monolithic statues carved from volcanic rocks that are found across the island. These monoliths are just pieces of the Rapa Nui puzzle.