Archaeologists working on Easter Island say a recent discovery could change long-standing ideas about the island’s past. The ...

Everyone knows about the enigmatic statues scattered across Easter Island, but the travel destination is worth visiting for ...

Easter Island’s Moai statues weren’t dragged - they walked. Physics and experiments uncover how ancient islanders made stone ...

An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success story. Yet the history told about this “miracle drug” has completely left out the people and politics ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen has an exquisite track record, having “discovered” both the Polynesian islands of Bora Bora and Maupiti. However, it’s his accounts of Easter Island for which he is most ...

Would you travel 8,467 miles to see a ring around the moon for less than six minutes? On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina, Oct 2 (Reuters)- - The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an ...