It wasn’t the Hamburglar this time. On July 6, several unidentified suspects entered a McDonald’s restaurant in Pennsylvania and brazenly walked out with the fast-food eatery’s iconic Ronald McDonald ...
It wasn’t the Hamburglar this time. On July 6, several unidentified suspects entered a McDonald’s restaurant in Pennsylvania and brazenly walked out with the fast-food eatery’s iconic Ronald McDonald ...
Archaeologists have confirmed that Easter Island’s iconic Moai statues were “walked” to their platforms using rope by “remarkably few” of the island’s indigenous Rapa Nui people, solving a ...
For years, researchers have speculated about how the ancient people of Easter Island managed to move their massive moai statues, some weighing several tons. A new study, published in the Journal of ...
Based on 3D modeling and testing on a moai replica, researchers think that small groups of people may have used ropes to ...
The iconic Moai statues of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, have long fascinated researchers and tourists alike. Recent ...
Researchers confirmed that Rapa Nui’s moai statues could “walk” upright using a rocking motion, aided by rope and just a few people. Experiments with replicas and 3D models revealed design features ...