Hancock's theory follows a 2008 study that found evidence of shrubs and herbs on Easter Island between 14,000 and 10,000 ...

A new theory about who built the iconic human ... parts of Polynesia as well as Easter Island.' However, the Easter Island Moai are so different from the anthropomorphic figures in the Marquesas ...

A shocking new theory regarding the Easter Island heads could rewrite ... and songs that we see today." Easter Island is home to roughly 1,000 Moai - the large stone heads. Hancock thinks settlers ...

A controversial new theory suggests the iconic Easter Island statues could be thousands of years older than previously ...

Graham Hancock's new theory claims a lost civilization ... Hancock estimates that the statues on Easter Island, known as Moai heads, are likely much older than the platforms, called Ahu Vinapu ...

Recent tradition supports this theory, as sledge transportation ... terrain is 320 feet per day for a 20-ton statue. Moai: Two original Easter Island moais: nine feet, five tons and 13 feet ...

Easter Island is known for these iconic Moai statues, as well as mysteries surrounding the inhabitants of the island. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Archaeologist and Easter Island expert Jo Anne Van Tilburg believes the moai were built to honor ancestors and chieftains, or for ritual use to commune with gods, she told PBS. National Geographic ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island ... by the hundreds of massive moai, monolithic statues carved from volcanic rocks that are found across the island. These monoliths are just ...