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Easter Island Moai Statues Were Once ‘Walked' to Their Platforms, New Study Finds

A recent study in the Journal of Archaeological Science by archaeologists Carl Lipo of Binghamton University and Terry Hunt ...
Greek Reporter

Mystery of How Moai Statues Were Erected on Easter Island Solved

Archaeologists confirmed the Moai statues on Easter Island were moved using ropes and roads by the Rapa Nui people.
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Easter Island's famous moai statues face growing threat from rising seas

“Sea level rise is real,” said Noah Paoa, lead author of the study and a doctoral student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. “It’s not a distant ...
StamfordAdvocate

A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied

"We want to get away from kids just playing video games in their basements and ... called the Medical Expedition to Easter Island, or METEI. Unearthing rapamycin’s complex legacy raises important ...