Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A moai statue at Tongariki with the Ahu Tongariki moai in the background on Easter Island. The newfound moai (not pictured here) ...

The meaning of Easter Island's mysterious Moai, which have stood on the remote Polynesian island for hundreds of years, has long been a source of interest for researchers. Carvers in ancient Rapa Nui ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A viral Reddit post has claimed that one of the Easter Island Moai ...

It is laying abandoned, unfinished and idle on the side of a mountain. The location is a Polynesian island thousands of kilometres from any other land. It measures almost as long as a B-double truck ...

About 15 minutes into the statue carving competition in Hanga Roa, the only town on Easter Island, it became clear which of the craftsmen was going to finish first. He'd already hewn the general, ...

Just lost 30min zooming around the 3d model of the island looking at all the quarry sites. Don't tell my boss. Given that the carving techniques differed from site to site, the authors concluded that ...