Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

Various theories have been suggested to explain how the multi-ton moai were moved from the slopes of Rano Raraku to ahus ...

All the energy and resources that went into the moai—which range in height from four to 33 feet and in weight to more than 80 tons—came from the island itself. Yet when Dutch explorers landed ...

One of the fascinating aspects of touring Rano Raraku is the chance to see moai statues in different stages of construction. Some unfinished multi-ton statues remain attached to the ground by ...