PART OF EASTER ISLAND MYSTERY SOLVED "In parbuckling, a line would have been wrapped around the pukao cylinder, and then people would have pulled the rope from the top of the platform," said Lipo.

Researchers say they've solved one of the mysteries behind the statues on Easter Island. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS One found the Rapa Nui, the ancient people who lived on ...

When it comes to Easter Island’s towering stone heads, there’s now one fewer mystery to solve. Researchers have long puzzled over why the huge statues were placed where they are. However, a ...

Chile's Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built by early inhabitants some 800 years ago.The islanders likely chose the statues' locations based on ...

Easter Island statue mystery SOLVED: Scientists make shock claim; The so-called Moai monoliths are believed to date between the years 1,000 and 1,500 of the Common Era (CE).

Easter Island Heads Mystery Solved? Rapa Nui Civilization Built Moai by Freshwater Locations. Published Oct 10, 2018 at 7:32 AM EDT Updated Oct 11, 2018 at 3:45 AM EDT.

The ongoing debate over what prompted the decline of Easter Island's native Polynesian inhabitants, known as Rapa Nui, is being clarified by scientists digging for answers in the soil.

Easter Island: Mystery solved? The (seemingly) random placement of Easter Island's giant heads has stumped experts, but — thanks to high-tech research — the pieces are falling into place.

In their new book, The Statues that Walked: Unravelling the Mystery of Easter Island, to be published in June, Dr Lipo and Professor Hunt present their evidence that Polynesian colonists arrived ...

On a remote island located in the southeastern Pacific, a series of large statues line the coast. Nobody knew exactly why they were built until now. A group of archaeologists from Binghamton ...

BRITISH archaeologists believe they have solved the ancient mystery of how the giant stone statues on Easter Island acquired distinctive red hats. The researchers said the key to the mystery lies ...

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 ...