Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the ...

Researchers used drone imagery to construct a 3D model of Rapa Nui's main moai quarry and reveal its secrets. Reading time 2 minutes The island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is famous for ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. The Rapa Nui moai, the monolithic stone figures of ...

Rapa Nui today inaugurated the Rapa Nui Heritage Summit 2025, an international gathering which, from 24 to 26 November 2025, brings to the island Indigenous leaders, national authorities, heritage ...

A fleet renewal, a war on waste, and leveraging unique government partnerships to secure cleaner fuel are making this small South Pacific airline greener. ByChristopher Elliott, Senior Contributor.

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The "walking moai hypothesis" could end a long-time debate over how ancient engineers moved these iconic statues around Easter Island. Reading time 3 minutes The moai statues of Easter Island have ...

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 14-year-old cricketer, was bought by Rajasthan Royals. He scored 252 runs in IPL 2025 with a record-breaking century. Ambati Rayudu praised Vaibhav's talent and bat speed.

If you had told me that swapping my cozy bathroom rug for a diatomaceous earth stone bath mat was on my Bingo card for the year, I would have said, “Diato-what?” I probably watch more HGTV and DIY ...

Advanced computer modeling suggests that by 2080, waves driven by sea level rise could flood Ahu Tongariki and up to 51 cultural treasures on Rapa Nui. The findings emphasize the urgent need for ...

Rising sea levels could cause seasonal waves to reach Ahu Tongariki, the iconic ceremonial platform that is part of the Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site by 2080, according to a ...

It was 2023 when Friar Francisco Nahoe received a panicked phone call from his agent at an airport in Santiago, Chile. The agent said officials were seizing three "ivi tupuna", or "bones of the ...