But new studies suggests the theory is wrong.There are hundreds of huge stone statues on Rapa Nui -- the so-called Moai. No one has ever conclusively found out why they exist. But researchers have ...

We encourage you to peruse them, and then send in your own theory on how the moai were moved. Like most oral traditions, Rapa Nui folklore has been passed down through the generations, and it is ...

One of these is the theory of population collapse ... the landscape on Rapa Nui changed drastically. Towering stone ...

A new theory about who built the iconic human-like ... Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai, scattered across the island. Hancock argues that the island ...

Dr. Jo Anne Van Tilburg, who is unconvinced by Heyerdahl's theory ... "fuel for moai building." From at least AD 1000 to 1680, Rapa Nui's population increased significantly.

Rapa Nui’s megaliths are called moai, and 15 of them stand with their backs to the Pacific Ocean at a site known as ahu Tongarikia. Visitors congregate as close as permitted to the statues ...

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