One of the world’s greatest mysteries may have been solved after 900 years
The statues are dotted across the island, but how did they get there? (Picture: Getty)For 900 years, the mystery of how the famous Easter Island stone figures ended up where they are has baffled experts.
Now, a team of researchers think they know how the ancient Rapa Nui people managed to move the monolithic heads across rough land.
Easter Island is home to nearly 1,000 of the huge statues, known as moai. They were forged from compacted ash inside the extinct volcano on the island.Some of the s