In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends ...

In “Island at the Edge of the World,” Mike Pitts tells the story of the people who carved the giant heads on the remotest inhabited place on Earth.

Easter Island has long been misunderstood by the West. A new book by Mike Pitts sets the record straight.

For centuries, Easter Island’s famous moai statues have stood guard over the remote volcanic island in the South Pacific, withstanding sun, wind, rain, lichen and even fire. But in the coming decades, ...

Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...

Archaeologists say a 3D model of a centuries-old quarry of unfinished stone head statues on Easter Island offers new clues about how these monuments were made and the Polynesian society that brought ...

Easter Island’s monumental stone figures have long seemed like a closed case, their story pinned to a familiar narrative of isolation, ingenuity, and collapse. A newly reported statue find, however, ...