For decades, archeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), known as Rongorongo ... a ...

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. The 63-square-mile island is located in the southeast Pacific, about 2,200 miles west of Chile. Visiting Easter Island ...

They settled both Hawaii and New Zealand, and between 700 and 900, they got to Rapa Nui - and so brought to an end one immense chapter of human history, for Easter Island was possibly the last ...

Linguists estimate Easter Island's first inhabitants arrived around ... Core sampling from the island has revealed a slice of Rapa Nui history that speaks of deforestation, soil depletion, and ...

There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. It feels like it is not even of this world. Located more than 2,000 miles from South America's mainland, it is one of the ...

there is no written record (and the oral history is scant) to help tell the story of this remote land, its people, and the significance of the nearly 900 giant moai that punctuate Easter Island's ...

Easter Island covers just 63 square miles ... Hunt and Lipo don’t trust oral history accounts of violent conflict among the Rapanui; sharp obsidian flakes that other archaeologists see as ...

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui – also known as Easter Island – carved and raised ... around the iconic ancient statues and the history of the people who created them.

They settled both Hawaii and New Zealand, and between 700 and 900, they got to Rapa Nui - and so brought to an end one immense chapter of human history, for Easter Island was possibly the last ...