Campaigners working to install a statue of a Dorset novelist with a cat at her feet say they have been upset by "unpleasant" comments about the animal's appearance. Visible Women crowdfunded for a ...

Scientists believe the statues may have "walked" Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like Bustle, LAMag, and ...

For generations, scientists have been fascinated by how the ancient people of Rapa Nui managed to move the island’s enormous moai statues. Now, through a mix of physics, 3D modeling, and hands-on ...

Moai statues across Easter Island. Credit: David Berkowitz / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 Archaeologists have resolved a long-standing mystery surrounding how the massive Moai statues were moved and erected ...

Archaeologists have confirmed that Easter Island’s iconic Moai statues were “walked” to their platforms using rope by “remarkably few” of the island’s indigenous Rapa Nui people, solving a ...

The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around Easter Island. Reading time 3 minutes The moai statues of Easter Island have ...

Mayor Eric Adams wants to landmark a pair of Big Apple Christopher Columbus statues — to protect them from mayoral front-runner and Columbus-hater Zohran Mamdani. Adams, who will leave office at the ...

For years, researchers have puzzled over how the ancient people of Rapa Nui did the seemingly impossible and moved their iconic moai statues. Using a combination of physics, 3D modeling and ...

Statues depicting President Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have made their return to the National Mall after being taken down. The statues, which had a plaque between them that ...

Two decades ago, 150 panda statues were displayed around the District. The figures mostly slipped from public consciousness — until now. Hector Biaggi stands with a panda at a D.C. restaurant near the ...

The “queen of rock-and-roll,” Tina Turner, was no stranger to statues and accolades: In her celebrated musical career, she won eight Grammy Awards, three American Music Awards and was inducted into ...