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 ...

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Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of ...

EASTER ISLAND (WKRC) - Researchers now claim to have solved the enigma of how these statues were transported, they "walked." Although they appear to be just heads, many have full bodies buried by ...

At Ta Prohm Temple in Cambodia, a statue’s head was reunited with its body after nearly a century apart. Simone Dinoia via Unsplash The pieces of a disarticulated statue of Buddha have been reunited ...

Now, scientists claim to have solved one important part of the mystery. Weighing between 12 and 80 tonnes, scientists have long wondered how the island's ancient civilisation could have moved the huge ...

A rebuilt sculpture of world-famous potter Josiah Wedgwood, which was inadvertently demolished two years ago, will be ...