In 2012, a US research team succeeded in propping up a 4.35-ton replica of a moai statue and making it “walk.” The technique, ...

Scientists recently confirmed Rapa Nui legends about Moai heads "walking" to their locations, using 3D modeling to prove ...

Simple physics may explain how the Easter Island statues could "walk" miles with only a handful of people, but the debate ...

Archaeologists who analyzed the physics of the statues and their transport found that they were sculpted and transported in a ...

Evidence is now stronger than ever that the mysterious population collapse of Rapa Nui never actually happened. Recent ...

A groundbreaking study published in October 2025 has confirmed that the iconic moai statues of Easter Island were moved into ...

The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around ...

Although rapamycin eventually became a billion-dollar drug, many of the people instrumental to its discovery—most importantly ...

The mystery of how the roughly 130,000 pound statues traveled from quarry to resting place may be solved.

New research reveals that Easter Island’s moai statues were built to “walk” upright using a rhythmic rocking motion.

Easter Island, known for its iconic moai statues, has long been shrouded in mystery regarding how these massive stone figures were transported across the island. A recent study sheds light on this ...

EASTER ISLAND (WKRC) - Researchers now claim to have solved the enigma of how these statues were transported, they "walked." Although they appear to be just heads, many have full bodies buried by ...