A hidden statue has been revealed in the dried bed of a lake on Rapa Nui, surprising researchers who thought the island’s ...

The Polynesian inhabitants of Easter Island were first encountered by European explorers in the 18th century. Disease and ...

Rapa Nui, 2,200 miles west of the mainland, is as rugged as it is remote — and an exploration offers blustery hikes, volcanic ...

Scientists thought they found them all.

Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island (a name given to it by Europeans), is located in the southeast Pacific and is famous for its approximately 1,000 carvings of moai, human-faced statues. The island ...

SANTIAGO, ChileSANTIAGO, Chile — A land dispute on Easter Island turned violent Friday when riot police evicting islanders from their ancestral home were quickly surrounded by rock-throwing Rapa Nui ...

We're off to Oceania ... (GREGORY BOISSY/AFP via Getty Images) Far off the Chilean coastline, tucked among the mystery of the grand Pacific Ocean—and more so, the Polynesian Triangle—lies Easter ...

Easter Island has long been a bucket list destination for travelers from around the world. But the very thing that keeps the island’s economy going strong may be the thing that ultimately causes its ...

BUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A military plane carrying riot police reinforcements landed on Easter Island Saturday, and Chile’s Interior Minister said they will continue evicting ...

Easter Island is on lots of bucket lists. Who wouldn’t want the chance to visit one of the world’s most remote islands and take selfies with those ancient, stoic stone faces? Yet there’s more to ...

The lost civilization of Easter Island may have chosen the location of the iconic moai heads to signal where fresh water was available, a study has suggested. Carl Lipo, an anthropologist who has ...

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