Easter Island — has been reduced to giant stone heads rising from the earth, as if the moai were incomplete sculptures ...
The new 3D model, made possible by Binghamton researchers, lets visitors explore the main quarry of Easter Island, home to ...
Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Isla de Pascua) is an isolated island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, one of the most remote ...
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A study using 11,600 aerial drone photos to map a mountainous quarry in 3D reveals more about how the island's famed stone ...
Conducting research on the main quarry of Easter Island is challenging in ordinary circumstances. The easternmost Polynesian island is a six-hour flight from the nearest airport and reaching parts of ...
Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought ...
(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 ...