A new theory about who built the iconic human-like figures on Easter Island has sent shockwaves ... In one instance, a platform even reuses the head of a Moai statue. Dr. Dale F.

Researching which moai statues to visit on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chile can be overwhelming ... Others stand upright ...

Five hundred years ago, on the southern slopes of Easter ... moai, one facing up with its head broken off at the neck. They ...

Hancock estimates that the statues on Easter Island, known as Moai heads, are likely much older than the platforms, called Ahu Vinapu, on which many of them sit because the structures exhibit ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory ... an upright moai was relatively stable; each statue has a low center of gravity thanks to a large base and a narrow head.

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 ...

Under the same moon and stars Tuki sat on the sand and gazed directly before him at the colossal human statues—the moai ... shakes his head. “How did they do it?” Easter Island covers ...

Easter Island is known for these iconic Moai statues, as well as mysteries surrounding the inhabitants of the island. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Archaeologist and Easter Island expert Jo Anne Van Tilburg believes the moai were built to honor ancestors and chieftains, or for ritual use to commune with gods, she told PBS. National Geographic ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... by the hundreds of massive moai, monolithic statues carved from volcanic rocks that are found across the island. These monoliths are just ...