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 ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large ... The claims are part of Hancock's 'Lost Ice Age Civilization' hypothesis, which suggests that a highly advanced ancient civilization existed ...

Ever since 1722, when Captain Jacob Roggeveen, a Dutchman and the first European known to have reached Easter Island arrived, scholars have debated the origins of the isolated population he found ...

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 ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile. Visiting Easter Island ...

However, others never recovered, such as the Western and Eastern Roman Empires, the Mayan civilization, and the Easter Island civilization. Societal collapse is generally quick but rarely abrupt.

Graham Hancock's new theory claims a lost civilization built the Easter Island statues more than 11,000 years old. (photo credit: f11photo. Via Shutterstock) A new theory about who built the giant ...