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 ...

The Easter Island statues, or moai, show the amazing skills of the Rapa Nui people. Between 1100 and 1650, they made nearly 900 huge stone sculptures. These statues, weighing 10 to 12 metric tons ...

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 ...

Hancock also proposes that the statues on Easter Island are likely much older than ... However, it has made been criticized by many archaeologists who argue there is insufficient evidence to ...

Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues. At 2,500 miles ... hats were rolled along the road made from a cement of compressed ...

But many more made it to their platforms intact. The ancient statues known as moai are everyday sights on Easter Island, or Rapa Nui—native dancers in body paint, less so. Some 2,000 Rapanui ...

What actually the Easter Island sculpture does ... They must have been added several hundred years after the statue was first made, and the carving style here could hardly be more different ...

The volcanic crater is made of tuff, a soft volcanic rock ... For the fifth must-see moai statue site on Easter Island, I'd ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the ... Method: Tied statue on its back to a sledge (sled) made from a tree fork. 180 islanders pulled the statue using two parallel ...

and the statues remain sacred vessels. Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed here on Easter Sunday in 1722, the first European known to visit the island, but only stayed for one day. By the time ...

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Hoa Hakananai'a statue (made between 1000 and 1200). Stone; from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Today we're on an island far out in the Pacific Ocean ...

What actually the Easter Island sculpture does ... They must have been added several hundred years after the statue was first made, and the carving style here could hardly be more different ...