The ancient Polynesians who settled the island of Rapa Nui – formerly known as Easter Island – may have worked out an ingenious way to make their iconic moai statues 'walk'. It's not just local legend ...

DEDHAM ‒ A judge has ruled that Quincy may not put up its saint statues outside the new public safety headquarters while the civil case is litigated. The preliminary injunction was issued Tuesday, Oct ...

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 ...

More than 30 monuments to Christopher Columbus were toppled or taken down in 2020. Now some are being restored, and finding new, usually less-public homes. The broken pieces of a Christopher Columbus ...

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 ...

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

Across the vast Pacific lies Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, home to the majestic moai statues that have long stirred human curiosity. For centuries, the question persisted: How did ancient islanders move ...

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 ...

Extending a cultural fight that started years ago, Caltrans has quietly demolished a statue of 18th-century missionary and Catholic saint Junipero Serra that had overlooked Interstate 280 in ...