Method: Interested in legendary lore that the moai walked, Pavel Pavel based his theory on the assumption that an upright moai was relatively stable; each statue has a low center of gravity thanks ...

One theory of how moai were transported is similar to how megaliths were moved at Stonehenge: workers loaded the enormous statues onto wooden sleds, which rolled across the land on tree trunks.

Some ancient sites defy explanation,built with such precision, scale, or purpose that even modern science struggles to ...

While we don’t know how Easter Island’s moai were made, we all but certainly know who made them.Comparing languages, mythology, and art, the scholarly community believes the Rapa Nui people ...

Several moai at dawn at Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui. Genetic research is providing new insights into the demographic history of the island. Natalia Solar CC license 4.0.

Yet this log theory ignored the oral history of the Rapanui people who recalled the “walking statues.” A 2013 study in the Journal of Archeological Science tested the idea that the moai were ...

The rugged faces of these figures sport world-famous furrowed brows and sloping noses. This is the land of the moai, iconic human statues unique to Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island – an ...

One theory posits that the famous moai statues of Easter Island are linked to the downfall of the Rapanui. Source: SBS The question of what happened to the Rapanui, Easter Island’s native ...

Each moai preserves precious information about its tribe. ... One theory is that they were moved as if they were standing, dragged with small turns as one would do with a refrigerator.

In 2018, Lipo proposed an intriguing hypothesis for how the islanders placed red hats on top of some moai; those can weigh up to 13 tons.He suggested the inhabitants used ropes to roll the hats up ...

Easter Island study disproves popular theory about creation of its famous statues Population collapse theory seems to be ‘colonial narrative’, scientist says Vishwam Sankaran ...