Isolated in the Pacific, Easter Island is famed for its towering Moai statues—but the real story lies in the resilience of ...

Everyone knows the stone faces of Easter Island — but few have seen what’s carved behind them. Strange symbols, added long after the statues were raised, hint at a cultural shift few talk about and a ...

The online model lets researchers and anyone with an internet connection explore areas that the island’s 100,000 annual ...

Easter Island is known for its hundreds of colossal Moai statues - but archaeologists discovered many famous 'heads' actually ...

MSC Cruises opens bookings for its 115‑night 2028 World Cruise on MSC Magnifica, visiting 40+ destinations in 29 countries ...

A high-resolution 3D model of Rano Raraku shows that the moai were created in many distinct carving zones. Instead of a top-down system, the statues appear to have been produced by separate family ...

While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled ...

Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago. The volcanic rock used for the moai came from a quarry site called Rano Raraku. Archaeologists have ...

A first-ever 3D model of the Rano Raraku quarry lets anyone examine Easter Island’s iconic statue workshop in vivid detail.

A new study shows that Polynesian rats, not humans, were responsible for the deforestation at Rapa Nui, contrary to popular myths.

The statues are dotted across the island, but how did they get there? (Picture: Getty) For 900 years, the mystery of how the famous Easter Island stone figures ended up where they are has baffled ...

When you look at the world’s oldest tourist sites, their survival often feels improbable. Many of these places were built ...