Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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

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

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

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

For every man older than 110, there are nine women. Before she died in August at age 117, supercentenarian Maria Branyas — the world’s oldest verified person — credited her bonus years not to any high ...

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.

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

Azamara Cruises has unveiled a 175-night world cruise for 2028 which will visit six continents, 40 countries and 91 ports.

The statues were chiseled out from the volcanic cone of the Rano Raraku quarry. Several methods were used but in many cases, it is believed that two carvers would work underneath from both sides until ...