Scientists Tested the Soil Under the Easter Island Statues—and May Have Finally Solved Their Meaning
Scientists believe they’ve uncovered the meaning of some of the Moai stone monoliths found on Rapa Nui, better known as ...
Scientists thought they found them all.
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We now know how the Easter Island statues were moved
Easter Island’s massive moai statues were moved across the island without wheels, cranes, or modern machinery, yet many weigh ...
Rapa Nui, 2,200 miles west of the mainland, is as rugged as it is remote — and an exploration offers blustery hikes, volcanic ...
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Archaeologists believed every statue on this island had been found, until one emerged from a lakebed
A hidden statue has been revealed in the dried bed of a lake on Rapa Nui, surprising researchers who thought the island’s ...
The Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island were first encountered by European explorers in the 18th century. Disease and emigration soon depopulated the community.
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