A decades-long stretch of extremely low precipitation in the 1500s may have spurred cultural changes among the Rapa Nui ...

Now, these surprising findings could fundamentally change our understanding of ancient life on Easter Island. The people of Rapa Nui, famous for the large stone Moai statues they carved ...

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for the Rapanui people, "the underpinning of Rapanui culture. Literally, it was, according to Van Tilburg, "fuel for moai building." From at least AD 1000 to 1680, Rapa Nui's population increased ...

From the 10th to the 16th century this society built shrines and erected enormous stone figures known as moai, which created an unrivalled cultural landscape that continues to fascinate people ...

But though they remain largely dispossessed, the Rapa Nui people have re-emerged from the shadows of the past, recovering and reinventing their ancient art and culture. Carving a small wooden moai ...

Meanwhile, many indigenous Rapa Nui people continue to battle against what they say are plans to develop the island and increase immigration and tourism, which they see as the death of Rapa Nui ...

People from Chile's Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, also had South American ancestry, some from modern Chilean immigrants and some from the same ancient intermingling as the other islands. Rapa Nui ...

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island, not just in the Pacific, but in the world. Not surprisingly, it took human beings a long time to get there. The people of the ...

From the 10th to the 16th century this society built shrines and erected enormous stone figures known as moai, which created an unrivalled cultural landscape that continues to fascinate people ...

Rapa Nui, the indigenous name of Easter Island ... which created an unrivalled cultural landscape that continues to fascinate people throughout the world.