For generations, the massive moai of Easter Island, called Rapa Nui by the locals, have stood in quiet testimony to one of archaeology’s longest-standing mysteries. How did an island society, remote ...

“Sea level rise is real,” said Noah Paoa, lead author of the study and a doctoral student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. “It’s not a distant ...

Easter Island is home to nearly 1,000 towering moai statues — some weighing up to 80 tons. Traditional explanations suggest they were carved and moved using simple tools. But certain structures, like ...

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