archaeology

Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is best known for its monumental stone statues called moai and a history that has long been framed as an ecological and societal collapse. The myster...

Two giant skulls found in Mexico have drawn widespread attention for their unusual size and apparent human-like features. Unearthed at an archaeological site in the country, the...

The question of how the Easter Island statues—known as moai—were made begins with stone. Nearly all moai were carved from tuff, a compressed volcanic ash quarried at Rano Ra...

The enduring image of Easter Island is colossal stone figures called moai, lined along coastal cliffs and set on ceremonial platforms called ahu. To the public, they stand as an...

A cage grave is a burial form in which the interment space is marked or enclosed by a stone or timber framework that resembles a cage. This structure typically sits above or par...

Easter Island conspiracy narratives often claim that monumental statues known as moai were shaped, moved, or erected using lost technologies, extraterrestrial help, or secret gl...