Study upends what was known about origin of Easter Island statues - Researchers say there is evidence of decentralised construction of over 1,000 Moai statutes ...

Learn how several working groups with their own carving techniques built the iconic moai of Easter Island.

From dazzling ice castles to pro carving competitions, these U.S. winter destinations offer the best ice sculpture festivals worth traveling for.

The oldest-known representations of a pharaoh are carved on rocks near the Nile River in southern Egypt, researchers report. The carvings were first observed and recorded in the 1890s, but only ...

Archaeologists studied hundreds of unfinished stone heads in a quarry on Easter Island to better understand how they were constructed and the society that made them.

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

Carl studied a variety of possibilities to decipher the mystery of how the statues were moved to where they stand today in ...

Oleszko is “one of the realest artists to ever live”, says Pagliarulo. Her fateful run-in at Sonnabend, in which she crashed into a minimalist sculpture, “feels like such an encapsulation of Pat. She ...

Today, 50 of Hoffman’s sculptures are back on display—with a new narrative—in Looking at Ourselves: Rethinking the Sculptures ...

The pieces give insight into how the cultures prepared for the afterlife and revered their elders and leaders.