The giant statues on Easter Island have been a subject of theorising down the centuries ...

PHOENIX — It’s more than 4,000 miles from Phoenix and considered to be one of the most mysterious places in the world. Now, anyone with an internet connection can explore Easter Island and its giant ...

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, sits isolated in the vast Pacific Ocean, famous for the colossal stone faces that stare out to sea. These monolithic statues, known as moai, have fascinated the world for ...

Easter Island's statues were made by different groups of people, according to new research. The iconic monuments arose from numerous teams from different clans working independently of each other, ...

To visit it and marvel at the quarries where hundreds of the iconic moai statues were created is a luxury few get to experience. But now people can explore Rano Raraku, one of the major quarries on ...

Conducting research on the main quarry of Easter Island is challenging in ordinary circumstances. The easternmost Polynesian island is a six-hour flight from the nearest airport and reaching parts of ...

(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 ...