After centuries of speculation, scientists have finally cracked the mystery of how the massive Moai statues were transported across Easter Island. A recent study has revealed that these ancient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui's giant statues were ...

The iconic Rocky statue from “Rocky III” will be moved from the base of the Philadelphia Art Museum to the top of its steps, where many Philly residents and fans of the movie say it belongs. The top ...

Some ancient statues on Easter Island wear multi-ton stone "hats" known as pukao. A team of researchers say that a technique called parbuckling was most likely used to move the hats into place.

The Philadelphia Art Commission voted unanimously to move the Joe Frazier statue to the base of the Art Museum steps. The statue will remain the same except for a new base to fit its new location. In ...

Lea el artículo en español aquí. Four years ago, Mia Alonso Mendez initiated her quest to get the nine-foot statues of legendary labor movement leaders Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta moved from their ...

The Caesar Rodney statue, removed from downtown Wilmington's Rodney Square in 2020, will be moved to Washington, DC, for the nation's 250th celebrations. The Trump administration plans to take the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carl Lipo, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION) Rapa ...