A new theory about who built the giant stone statues on Easter Island has shocked the archaeological community. Graham ...

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 ...

In 1955, it was discovered that Moai, the ancient and mysterious giant heads on Easter Island, had very large bodies buried underneath the ground. Now, scientists and archaeologists believe they know ...

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 ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The 'Talking Boards' of Easter Island ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 198 No. 6 (June 1958), p. 61 doi:10.1038 ...

Stone; from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Today we're on an island far out in the Pacific Ocean, it's about half the size of the Isle of Wight, it's 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from the nearest inhabited ...

A shocking new theory regarding the Easter Island heads could rewrite the history of the iconic statues. It's now been claimed that the carvings are actually thousands of years older than ...