Researchers have unearthed a new 5-foot-tall moai statue created by Indigenous Rapa Nui people on Easter Island. Volunteers from three Chilean universities made the discovery on Feb. 21 in a dry ...

A new moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues ... it's a really unique discovery as it's the first time that a Moai has been discovered inside a laguna in a Rano Raraku crater," said the ...

The discovery was made as "GMA" co-anchor Michael Strahan reports from Easter Island next week, exploring the remote inhabited volcanic island's heritage, beauty and the historic colossal stone ...

Why Trust Us? For decades, archeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), known as Rongorongo, was invented independently or influenced by Europeans.

Much of the blame for Easter Island’s enigma surrounding its culture and past lies with the Rano Raraku volcano. Now, for the first time since time immemorial, the lack of rain caused by the ...

A new series of photographs of the 2012 excavation has emerged that captures the moment archaeologists dug out the previously hidden stone bodies, discovering a surprising secret along the way ...

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The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the ...