An international team of researchers are exploring a new theory surrounding the mysterious demise of Rapa Nui’s natives, those who built larger than life “moai” statues on the small Polynesian island ...

Easter Island sits in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Known to its natives as Rapa Nui and governed by Chile, this tiny volcanic outcropping is famous for its enigmatic moai statues, monolithic ...

Few places on earth are as well known for their so-called mysteries as Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. For a tiny island of 64 square miles, with its nearest neighbours some 1,300 miles ...

A Rapa Nui clan's claims to the land under the new, ... The native people were denied citizenship until 1966, and kept on small plots in town as the rest of the island became national property.

Researchers Find Evidence of Early Contact Between First Settlers of Rapa Nui and South American Natives by Guillermo Carvajal March 22, 2024 March 22, 2024. A recent study analyzed the starch ...

A new genetic study suggests the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island mingled and interbred with South American natives centuries before the Europeans sailed to the Pacific in 1722.

Jut Wynne at Rano Kao Volcano conducting reconnaissance for the cliff work to take place in August. (Credit: Rafael Rodriguez Brizuela) On Easter Island, isolated in the middle of the vast Pacific ...

Despite being thousands of miles from the nearest inhabitable island, Easter Island was visited several times before the ...

Rapa Nui, as the island is called by its residents, was small—just 63 square miles—and almost devoid of natural resources. Its people had no wheels, metal or draft animals.

The huge basalt statue, displayed in the British Museum, was taken from Easter Island 150 years ago.

The Rapa Nui civilization once numbered up to 20,000, with a written language, ... The native people were denied citizenship until 1966, ...

Hoa Hakananai'a was removed from Rapa Nui in the 19th Century Prominent among the eclectic hoard of treasures in London's British Museum is the imposing figure of Hoa Hakananai'a, a four-tonne ...