Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. A new study looks at how the ...

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A high-resolution three-dimensional scan of the main quarry complex of Rapa Nui reveals at least thirty independent work zones, dismantling the theory of a centralized production of the colossal ...

About 15 minutes into the statue carving competition in Hanga Roa, the only town on Easter Island, it became clear which of the craftsmen was going to finish first. He'd already hewn the general, ...

Easter Island’s Rapa Nui statues were carved by several independent groups, including competing families, without any central authority overseeing them, according to a new study. The iconic Moai ...

A solitary island in the South Pacific known for the giant sculpture "Moai" carving human face "Easter IslandThere used to be a civilization, but it is said that almost completely destroyed by the war ...

Support for the British Museum coincides with an activist-led tour of "stolen art" that included the sculpture Hoa Hakananai’a. A basalt Easter Island Head figure, known as Hoa Hakananai'a, translated ...

A statue discovered about a week ago on Easter Island in Polynesia resurfaced archaeologists’ long-standing questions about the Rapa Nui society. Found on February 20 in a dried wetland in Rapa Nui ...