Collaborating with institutions like the University of Lausanne and the Musée de l'Homme, the team extracted and analyzed ...

Picture a place 2,000 miles off Chile’s coast, only 14 miles long. Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are ...

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.

The statues, known as moai, were carved by the island's indigenous Rapa Nui people to embody the spirit of a prominent ancestor, with each considered to be the person's living incarnation.

The oldest moai dates back to 1300, and among the Rapa Nui people there was a belief that their chiefs were "descended from the gods and that after death they would once again become divine ...

and now there are about 3,000 people who still carry the Rapa Nui lineage. Travelers can visit the island on various cruise ship itineraries, or by flying into Mataveri Airport. Niue, an island ...

The Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), a body within the Organization of American States, has issued Precautionary Measures to protect the Rapa Nui people on Easter Island.

Hoa Hakananai'a statue (made between 1000 and 1200). Stone; from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) ...