Known for its mysterious stone Moai statues, Easter Island has a somewhat enigmatic history, largely due to the fact that ...

“These people had absolute control over the stone ... The Chilean government claimed possession of Easter Island in 1888 and, in 1935, designated it a national park, to preserve thousands ...

The population is now around 5,000, nearly double what it was 20 years ago, and fewer than half the people are Rapanui. Just about every job on Easter Island depends on tourism. “Without it ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

Easter Island, home to about 6,000 people, faces water scarcity, and this influx of travelers placed a "huge burden" on the land, CNN said in 2019. To prevent a covid catastrophe, officials ...

The people of the Pacific are intimately tied ... and now several teams are attempting to be the first to reach Easter Island, using ancient navigational techniques. No one has navigated a raft ...

Thousands of people were abducted from Easter Island in the early 1860s. Nahoe said modern descendants believe it’s their duty to recover the remains of their ancestors. “Everyone knows ...