The ancient Polynesians who settled the island of Rapa Nui – formerly known as Easter Island – may have worked out an ingenious way to make their iconic moai statues 'walk'. It's not just local legend ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Among the palm fronds and hibiscus flowers of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, the moai—massive statues of volcanic rock usually carved in the images of ...
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The sky is still dark and the windscreen wipers are working furiously. I’m being driven across Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter ...
(CNN) — Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that ...
A hidden statue has been revealed in the dried bed of a lake on Rapa Nui, surprising researchers who thought the island’s statues were fully documented. More than 1,000 moai have been located and ...