On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

A new theory about who built the giant stone statues on Easter Island has shocked the archaeological community. Graham Hancock claims that the statues are over 11,000 years old and that Easter ...

What would have been the best way to move Easter Island's stone giants, which weighed, on average, some 14 tons? The transport question has long been debated, and has been the subject of some ...

As of the latest census, taken in 2017, the population of Easter Island was 7,750. Most of its residents live in the main town of Hanga Roa. The island is famous for its enormous stone statues ...

A new theory about who built the iconic human-like figures on Easter Island has sent shockwaves through the archaeological community. Most historians agree that the stone structures were ...

Travel resumed to Easter Island last week after ... often resting on huge stone pedestals called ahus. These stone giants were made by the Rapa Nui to represent their ancestors, rulers, or ...

Why? It crosses Easter Island (Rapa Nui), known for its giant stone statues of human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people between 1250 and 1500. Many are set on stone platforms called ahu around ...

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui – also known as Easter Island – carved and raised, and why? Since Europeans arrived on this remote Pacific island over 300 years ago, controversy has ...

(photo credit: f11photo. Via Shutterstock) A new theory about who built the giant stone statues on Easter Island has shocked the archaeological community. Graham Hancock claims that the statues ...