A shocking new theory regarding the Easter Island heads could rewrite the history of the iconic statues. It's now been claimed that the carvings are actually thousands of years older than ...

Some are almost 30 feet tall and weigh up to 80 tons ... These statues, often called “Easter Island heads,” actually have full bodies, many hidden under the soil. At the famous quarry of ...

Hancock estimates that the statues on Easter Island, known as Moai heads, are likely much older than the platforms, called Ahu Vinapu, on which many of them sit because the structures exhibit ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads, known as Moai ... I'm not surprised that this legacy iconography turns up in other parts of Polynesia as well as Easter Island.' ...

The island, home to approximately 1,000 large stone heads known as Moai, has long fascinated archaeologists and historians. Hancock argues that the first settlers arrived on Easter Island about ...