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 ...

The ancient Polynesians who settled the island of Rapa Nui – formerly known as Easter Island – may have worked out an ingenious way to make their iconic moai statues 'walk'. It's not just local legend ...

"This research reveals a critical threat to the living culture and livelihood of Rapa Nui," said Noah Paoa, lead author of the study and doctoral student in the Department of Earth Sciences at the UH ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mystery of the moai solved: Researchers say they 'walked' across Rapa Nui. For decades, researchers have puzzled over how the ...

Rising sea levels are expected to impact part of Chile's Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, by 2080, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage.

The monolithic human figures of Rapa Nui, called Moai, are among the most recognizable statues in the world. There are 900 of them carved and erected between 1250 and 1500 CE. The making and ...

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 ...

A bowl of fish soup is what started a relationship between Guam seafarers and the delegates from Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. Festival of Pacific Arts Canoe, Navigation and Seafaring ...

Rising sea levels could cause seasonal waves to reach Ahu Tongariki, the iconic ceremonial platform that is part of the Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site by 2080, according to a ...