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A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For decades, archeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), known as ...
Ars Technica

3D model shows small clans created Easter Island statues

Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago. The volcanic rock used for the moai came from a quarry site called Rano Raraku. Archaeologists have ...
Phys.org

Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the ...
New York Post

Mystery of who built over 900 multi-ton Easter Island statues shocks researchers: ‘The archaeological Disneyland’

The gargantuan heads of Easter Island may have finally tacked on an artist credit — or several, it turns out. The over 900 statues on Rapa Nui, the indigenous name for the Chilean territory, had long ...
Newsweek

You Can Now Visit ‘Archeological Disneyland’ From the Comfort of Home

Despite standing in one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth, the iconic moai of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) can now be experienced from the comfort of your home. This is thanks to a new, ...
The Conversation

Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation

Carl Lipo receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society. Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The ...
The New York Times

Did the Giant Heads of Easter Island Once Walk?

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. The Rapa Nui moai, the monolithic stone figures of ...
Gizmodo

New Study Rewrites the Story of Easter Island’s Mysterious Stone Heads

Researchers used drone imagery to construct a 3D model of Rapa Nui's main moai quarry and reveal its secrets. Reading time 2 minutes The island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is famous for ...
CNN

Easter Island quarry reveals how Polynesians made enigmatic stone statues

Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought ...
SFGate

Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s deforestation

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carl Lipo, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION) Rapa ...
EurekAlert!

First-of-its-kind 3D model lets you explore Easter Island statues up close

Screenshot from a three-dimensional model of Rano Raraku quarry produced through Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry. This comprehensive digital documentation, derived from 11,686 UAV images, reveals ...