A new theory about who built the giant stone statues on Easter Island has shocked the archaeological community. Graham Hancock claims that the statues are over 11,000 years old and that Easter ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory ... Pavel Pavel based his theory on the assumption that an upright moai was relatively stable; each statue has a low center of gravity ...

In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean lies Rapa Nui, otherwise known as Easter ... the island has been the subject of intrigue. Who built the Moai? How did they move such huge statues without ...

was partly right about his theory. In 1947, late Thor Heyerdahl controversially claimed that Easter Island's famous statues were similar to those at Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. And to prove his ...

The main quarry for Easter Island's statues, this volcanic crater is a ... Most remarkably, at the base of the quarry, moai stand half buried in the slope—up to their chins and noses—from ...

and the statues remain sacred vessels. Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed here on Easter Sunday in 1722, the first European known to visit the island, but only stayed for one day. By the time ...